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One of the most tearful moments of the DNC’s Day 2 came with the primetime focus on The Mothers of the Movement. The mothers of Michael Brown, Sandra Bland, Jordan Davis, Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Dontré Hamilton, Hadiya Pendleton, Blair Holt and Oscar Grant participated in a video for Hillary Clinton, then they came out as a group to discuss the violence against their community. The LAT pointed out that of all of the high-profile deaths of black men and black children, Tamir Rice’s mother did not participate in this DNC stuff. Samaria Rice hasn’t endorsed any candidate, and she says that no candidate is speaking to the issues. Beyond the absence of the Rice family, the prepared video and speeches were the strongest moments in prime time on Day 2.

Here’s the prepared video of Hillary meeting with the Mothers of the Movement.

And here’s their speech at the DNC. The crowd started chanting “Black Lives Matter.”

I like that the DNC gave these women a public forum to discuss their grief and their hopes and dreams for real, systemic change. But even as the words were coming out of these mothers, police unions around the country were issuing statements about “why didn’t Hillary include the widows and mothers of fallen officers?” Because when a police officer falls in the line of duty, his murderer will be found swiftly and put in jail (or killed in a stand-off with police). Because when a police officer kills a civilian, that cop rarely sees the inside of a jail cell. That’s why these women are speaking. Because not only did they lose their children, they also lost faith in the justice system.

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I bow in gratitude to the #MothersoftheMovement for being Beautiful Bright Beacons of Light even through the dark ?? pic.twitter.com/XOwEIEqIIa

— Alicia Keys (@aliciakeys) July 27, 2016

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