Hillary Clinton will speak on Monday at The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s (NAACP) conference in Cincinnati. The presumptive Democratic presidential candidate would condemn the recent shooting in Baton Rouge. Donald Trump is not attending the event.

A campaign representative for Clinton said the former secretary of state would talk about police’s efforts to protect people. Clinton would also remark that African-American men are often victims of police shootings, as reported by The Hill.

Hillary Clinton will speak on Monday at The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s conference in Cincinnati. Photo credit: instinctmagazine.com / The Gateway
Hillary Clinton will speak on Monday at The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s conference in Cincinnati. Photo credit: instinctmagazine.com / The Gateway

On Sunday, Gavin Long of Kansas City shot to death three police officers and wounded three others in Baton Rouge, nearly three weeks after a gunman killed five law enforcement officials in Dallas. Recent shootings in the United States have raised concern about racial bias in the nation.

Clinton would also talk about the registration of three million new voters. The NAACP convention started on Saturday at the Duke Energy Center. Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump said he would skip the event to attend the Republican convention in Cleveland.

NAACP President Cornell William Brooks said that organizers were expecting Trump’s presence. Presidential candidates of both parties have addressed audiences of African American voters at the NAACP conference during previous elections, said the New York Times.

The Republican Convention started on Monday in Cleveland. Members of the Grand Old Party will formally nominate Donald Trump as the Republican presidential candidate. Monday’s main topic is “Make America Safe Again”.

The Cleveland Police Union has requested Ohio Governor John Kasich to ban fire guns during the event to increase security. Emmalee Kalmbach, a spokeswoman for the Republican Gov., said he cannot change state laws.

Hillary Clinton criticizes “systemic racism” in the United States: “We are not a post-racial society”

Clinton has counted on the support of black voters in the race against Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, said the New York Times. The former secretary of state has been criticizing “systemic racism” in the United States since her campaign started.

Mothers of African-American men who died by police shootings will join Clinton at the Democratic National Convention to be held in Philadelphia next week. Polls carried out by the New York Times have found that African-American voters may not support Trump.

“People are crying out for criminal justice reform. Families are being torn apart by excessive incarceration. Young people are being threatened and humiliated by racial profiling. Children are growing up in homes shattered by prison and poverty. They’re trying to tell us. We need to listen,” said Clinton on July 8, 2016.

Clinton declared last week that Trump would be the nominee of the same political party as Abraham Lincoln. She added that his nomination would become a threat “to our democracy,” as reported by The New York Times.

A poll conducted by NBC on July 5-10 has determined that Clinton and Trump are tied at 39 percent in Ohio, while 21 percent of voters in the state have not taken a decision yet. Voters in Iowa, Ohio and Pennsylvania may not like any of the presidential candidates for 2016’s elections.

Source: The New York Times