Black Lives Matter Activist To Clinton: ‘Apologize For Mass Incarceration’ (VIDEO)

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A Black Lives Matter activist interrupted Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s speech at a private fundraiser Wednesday in Charleston, South Carolina and asked her to apologize for mass incarceration.

The former secretary of state at first told the protestor that they would talk, but then she repeatedly asked the protester to let her speak before the protester was escorted out of the event by security.

The protester had approached where Clinton was speaking and held up a sign reading “We have to bring them to heel,” a reference to a speech Clinton gave in 1996 where she spoke about gangs.

“They’re not just gangs of kids anymore. They are often the kinds of kids that are called super-predators,” she said at the time, according to an edited clip of the speech. “No conscience, no empathy. We can talk about why they ended up that way, but first we have to bring them to heel.”

Once Clinton caught sight of the protester, she walked over to read her sign. At that point, the demonstrator told her: “We want you to apologize for mass incarceration.”

“OK, we’ll talk about it,” Clinton responded.

The protester kept speaking and said she wasn’t a “super-predator.”

“Well, can I talk? Maybe you should listen to what I say,” Clinton said as the protester was approached by security. “Do you want to hear the facts or do you just want to talk?”

Eventually the protester was escorted out of the room. The encounter came ahead of Saturday’s Democratic primary in South Carolina.

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