Bernie Sanders - Baltimore - Poverty, Urban Neglect, Criminal Justice & Police Reform
Channel: Zedora
Date: 2016-03-13

This is the COMPLETE press conference that Bernie Sanders gave on Dec. 8, 2015, at the Freddie Gray Empowerment Center in Baltimore City after meeting with black minister leaders from the city and around the country. 

Sanders discusses poverty, police brutality, prison reform, mass incarceration, early childhood education, higher education opportunity, tuition-free public colleges, jobs, unemployment, trade agreements, food deserts, housing, and neglected cities. Near the end of this press conference, Sanders is questioned by a reporter about ISIS and the threat of terrorism. Sanders scolds the reporter with his now famous response and criticizes the media for ignoring urban blight and poverty in America.

Video features a brief introduction by Dr. Jamal Bryant who summarizes the key points of the meeting Sanders had with black ministers.  

Sanders also refers to the walking tour he did earlier that morning of the West Baltimore neighborhood where Freddie Gray lived and was arrested. Gray, a 25-year-old black man, died in police custody on April 19, 2014.

Produced by Brent Bederka for Zedora. 
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