Speaking before the Daily News editorial board, Clinton said the bill did a lot of good things like adding more cops to the streets and creating a ban on assault weapons.... But she said it also led states to enact policies that resulted in more people, especially people of color, being imprisoned for nonviolent crimes.
“That was not as apparent at the time, but part of being a responsible decision maker is to keep track of what’s happening,” she said. “And now I think it’s clear there were some consequences that we do have to address.”
Clinton talked about the need to crack down on gun violence, invest in police retraining, incentivize states to enact prison diversion programs and sentencing reforms, and push for the restoration of prison education programs.
In addition, she wants to do more to “demilitarize the police.” She said post 9/11, police departments both big and small were given military equipment.
Clinton, who recently apologized for having used the term “superpredators” when describing who the crime bill targeted, said she used the term “only once. Never did it again.”
Hillary Clinton: 1994 crime bill led to mass incarceration - NY Daily News
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