“Protecting all of God’s children is America’s calling,” the Democratic presidential nominee said, adding that too many black families had been forced to deal with the same kind of tragedy as the Scott family. North Carolina is among the country’s top battleground states and the Clinton campaign has invested heavily in it. Clinton did not mention her opponent by name but she did refer to his calls for “law and order”. Clinton has made gun control and criminal justice reform a centerpiece of her campaign, speaking after high-profile shootings in Texas, Louisiana and South Carolina. She also pointed to shootings of police officers in Dallas, Baton Rouge and Philadelphia, and said those families deserved prayers too.

Source: The Guardian October 02, 2016 18:39 UTC