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08-07-2015, 04:11 AM
Well, the Black Lives Matter movement got a brief mention during the main Fox News 2016 GOP debate Thursday. When he was asked about a solution to the tense relationship between the black community and the police, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) dodged the question.
"It's about training," he said, adding that it’s vital to ensure “law enforcement professionals -- not only on the way in but all the way through their time -- have the proper training, particularly when it comes to use of force."
But Wisconsin is one of the states that's the worst for black people, according to The Root (http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2014/11/the_worst_states_for_black_people.html). The state has the highest incarceration rate of black people in the country at 13 percent; almost half of all black men have been jailed by age 30 due to mandatory minimums; the state’s voter ID laws disproportionately affect black residents; and Milwaukee is one of the most segregated cities in the nation.
During his time as governor, Walker defunded (http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2015/03/11/3632325/unions-black-lives-matter-activists-join-forces-scott-walker/) a program that tracked the race of people stopped by police and he proposed an $8 million budget to expand jails.
For more GOP debate coverage, visit our liveblog (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=2015/08/06/republican-debate-live-updates_n_7949740.html?1438893690).
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"It's about training," he said, adding that it’s vital to ensure “law enforcement professionals -- not only on the way in but all the way through their time -- have the proper training, particularly when it comes to use of force."
But Wisconsin is one of the states that's the worst for black people, according to The Root (http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2014/11/the_worst_states_for_black_people.html). The state has the highest incarceration rate of black people in the country at 13 percent; almost half of all black men have been jailed by age 30 due to mandatory minimums; the state’s voter ID laws disproportionately affect black residents; and Milwaukee is one of the most segregated cities in the nation.
During his time as governor, Walker defunded (http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2015/03/11/3632325/unions-black-lives-matter-activists-join-forces-scott-walker/) a program that tracked the race of people stopped by police and he proposed an $8 million budget to expand jails.
For more GOP debate coverage, visit our liveblog (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=2015/08/06/republican-debate-live-updates_n_7949740.html?1438893690).
Also on HuffPost:
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