Hillary Clinton Can't Handle #BlackLivesMatter (VIDEO)

Here's RedState's Leon Wolf, at the Washington Post, "#BlackLivesMatter is wasting its time with Democrats: The movement would be better off if it engaged with Republican candidates":

As a conservative who has advocated for criminal justice reform, I have a lot of admiration for the #BlackLivesMatter movement, which has been remarkably effective at raising awareness of the myriad ways that black Americans are treated differently — or, put more bluntly, treated worse — by law enforcement. Although I haven’t always agreed with their tactics or rhetoric, I have appreciated the movement’s tenacity and unwillingness to be mollified by platitudes and talking points from politicians who’ve attempted to co-opt them.

That’s why I think #BlackLivesMatter is wasting its time pressing Democrats for answers, or action. The party of big government can’t meet their demands.

For starters, the Democratic presidential contenders have done an infamously bad job of responding to #BlackLivesMatter protesters who’ve attended their events. Sen. Bernie Sanders and former governor Martin O’Malley were practically heckled off the stage at the Netroots Nation conference after they were unable to effectively articulate, let alone posit, concrete solutions to protesters’ concerns. Former secretary of state and Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign has been similarly panned by #BlackLivesMatter leaders.

The relationship has arguably worsened in recent days. There’s video this week of a tense meeting between Clinton and #BlackLivesMatter activists in New Hampshire that shows her responding to a difficult question with: “Respectfully, if that is your position, then I will talk only to white people about how we are going to deal with the very real problems.” After being disrupted twice at recent speaking events by #BlackLivesMatter protesters, in an appearance on “Meet The Press” this Sunday, Sanders appeared to disavow an apology one of his staffers e-mailed to #BlackLivesMatter activists.

The effort to hold these politicians accountable is understandable when you consider that African Americans overwhelmingly vote Democratic. But from another perspective, it seems clear that #BlackLivesMatter is looking for real answers in all the wrong places, and is in danger of being taken for granted in the long term by the Democratic Party...

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I don't know. The problem with Wolf is he buys into tons of the leftist narratives, and he even cites Eric Holder's widely criticized initial report on Ferguson's alleged "racist" policing, including the revenue-generating traffic enforcement policies in Ferguson that are no different from other municipalities around the country. He's right, though: The Democrats are losing it with #BlackLivesMatter.

In any case,  don't miss Ed Morrissey, at Hot Air, "Video: Hillary gets upbraided by #BlackLivesMatter activists for “mass incarceration system”," and "Dems start to face reality: Hillary is a terrible candidate."