Subject: Re: FOR ASAP REVIEW: STATEMENT ON SHOOTING OF LAQUAN McDONALD
From: Dan Schwerin <[email-masked]>
To: Speech Drafts <[email-masked]>, Tyrone Gayle <[email-masked]>, LaDavia Drane <[email-masked]>, Tracey Lewis <[email-masked]>, Brynne Craig <[email-masked]>, Jeremy Jansen <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 20:46:40 -0500
List-Id: <speechdrafts.hillaryclinton.com>

Here's what we sent to HRC:

STATEMENT ON SHOOTING OF LAQUAN McDONALD

The video released tonight is appalling and heartbreaking.  I am praying
for the family of Laquan McDonald and all the people of Chicago.  They
deserve justice and accountability.  They deserve a city where everyone can
live with dignity, free from fear.  The mothers I met recently in Chicago
are right: we cannot go on like this.  No more parents should have to bury
their children.  No more communities should feel the pain of violence. And
as Mayor Emanuel said, no one is above the law.

We have a lot of work to do to make our criminal justice system actually
deliver justice, and to rebuild the trust has been eroded by outrages like
the death of this young man.  All over America, there are police officers
honorably doing their duty, demonstrating how to protect the public without
resorting to unnecessary force.  We need to learn from those examples.  The
killing of Laquan McDonald, coming on the heels of so many other young
African Americans taken too soon, should compel us to confront the reality
that communities of color face every day.  People are making their voices
heard across the country and we have to listen to what they’re saying.  We
have to hear their pain, their anger, and their call for change.

Let us all pray for peace and press forward toward progress.

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On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 8:06 PM, Dan Schwerin <[email-masked]>
wrote:

> All, below is a draft statement on events in Chicago, written in
> consultation with Maya and Marlon.  We need to move fast on this, so please
> send any edits or concerns ASAP.
> Thanks
> Dan
>
> STATEMENT ON SHOOTING OF LAQUAN MCDONALD
>
>
>
> The video released tonight is appalling and heartbreaking.  I am praying
> for the family of Laquan McDonald and all the people of Chicago.  They
> deserve justice and accountability.  They deserve a city where everyone can
> live with dignity, free from fear.  The mothers I met recently in Chicago
> are right: we cannot go on like this.  No more parents should have to bury
> their children.  No more communities should feel the pain of violence. And
> as Mayor Emanuel said, no one is above the law.
>
>
>
> We have a lot of work to do to make our criminal justice system actually
> deliver justice, and to rebuild the trust that outrages like the death of
> this young man has ripped away.  All over America, there are police
> officers honorably doing their duty, demonstrating how to protect the
> public without resorting to unnecessary force.  We need to learn from those
> examples.  The killing of Laquan McDonald, coming on the heels of so many
> other young African Americans taken too soon, should compel us to confront
> the reality that communities of color face every day.  People are making
> their voices heard across the country and we have to listen to what they’re
> saying.  We have to hear their pain, their anger, and their call for
> change.
>
>
>
> Tonight let there be peace and prayers.  Tomorrow, let us press forward
> toward progress.
>
>
>
> ###
>