Shaka Senghor: Bill Clinton Out of Touch and Out of Line on Justice System

Former President Bill Clinton made headlines last week when, in response to protests, he defended Hillary Clinton's description of urban youths as "super-predators" during his administration.
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Former US President Bill Clinton speaks to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton supporters during a rally at the International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers Union hall in Bridgeton, Missouri on March 8, 2016. / AFP / Michael B. Thomas (Photo credit should read MICHAEL B. THOMAS/AFP/Getty Images)
Former US President Bill Clinton speaks to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton supporters during a rally at the International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers Union hall in Bridgeton, Missouri on March 8, 2016. / AFP / Michael B. Thomas (Photo credit should read MICHAEL B. THOMAS/AFP/Getty Images)

Former President Bill Clinton made headlines last week when, in response to protests, he defended Hillary Clinton's description of urban youths as "super-predators" during his administration.

Criminal justice reform advocate and author of the New York Times best seller "Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison," Shaka Senghor, reacts to President Clinton's defense of Secretary Clinton's use of the controversial term.

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