title: us government acknowledges that alqaeda is not a priority in syria
text: black lives matter leader deray mckesson endorses clinton mckesson praised clintons platform for seeking to reform parts of her husbands  crime bill mallory shelbourne  the hill  october   comments top black lives matter activist deray mckesson on wednesday endorsed hillary clinton for president 
  clintons platform on racial justice is strong it is informed by the policy failings of the past and is a vision for where we need to go mckesson wrote in a washington post oped  clinton hosted a meeting with mckesson and other black lives matter activists in the fall to discuss the campaign zero plan to end police violence mckesson wrote that clinton didnt appear to understand the urgency of the need to address racism when she began running for the white house but that her position on racial justice is now strong