The parents of Trayvon Martin, Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton, arrive at the trial for George Zimmerman in Seminole Circuit Court, in Sanford, Fla., Tuesday, July 9, 2013. Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed teen, in 2012. AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool
Clinton has fostered a better relationship with the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement than her opponent in the Democratic Primary, Bernie Sanders, who had been previously criticized of downplaying the importance of racial injustice in policing.
At the rally in Arizona in July, Sanders was heckled by BLM protesters. According to CNN, he replied, “Listen, black lives of course matter and I spent 50 years of my life fighting for civil rights and for dignity. But if you don’t want me to be here, that’s OK.”
In August, BLM protesters shut down Sanders’s rally in Seattle.
