MO'M's remarks at the Urban League, video + transcript:

[elleng]

https://martinomalley.com/speech/national-urban-league/

[askew]

1. I think this might be the best speech he's ever given.

He is improving leaps and bounds as a candidate and he is saying substantive things. No fluff or vague propsals from him.

[elleng]

2. Glad you like it, askew.

I think his speech @ Iowa Dem Dinner was better, but that's FINE, he's doing well.

[askew]

3. That was an excellent speech.

What I noticed after both was that reporters and attendees came out saying O'Malley gave the best speech and that they were really impressed with his commitment.

O'Malley's criminal justice reform proposal and speech has really been praised to high heavens by Black Lives Matters and other activists. I am so proud to be a supporter of his.

[elleng]

4. Glad his criminal justice proposal has been praised by activists.

Rachel said hrc's Urban League speech was her and the best, and it did get positive reaction from the crowd.

[Raine1967]

5. Watching right now!

Thank for this!

[Raine1967]

6. he went off script a few times, and when he did it was

even more powerful, IMO.

From 1999 forward, a thousand fewer black men died violent deaths in Baltimore thanks to the biggest ten year improvement in public safety of any big city in America. 52 days into office as Governor, we closed the most notorious and violent prison in our state, the Maryland House of Corrections.

By the time I left office as Governor in January, we had reduced violent crime to a 35-year low in Maryland, we reduced recidivism by 15 percent, we reduced our incarceration rate to a twenty year low, And we reduced new prison admissions by 19% compared to ten years before.

How?

By doing the things that work, like expanding reentry programs, dramatically increasing drug and mental health treatment, expanding education and workforce training inside the wall, giving ex-offenders an ID card before release so that they can apply for jobs, housing, and benefits.

We also did this by doing away with the things that clearly did not work: we decriminalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana, and we restored voting rights to 52,000 citizens with old felony records. Not on our first try, not on the second try, but finally on the third try, we abolished the Death Penalty in Maryland.

[FSogol]

7. Awesome speech. k&R