Former US President Bill Clinton speaks to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton supporters during a rally at the International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers Union hall in Bridgeton, Missouri on March 8, 2016. / AFP / Michael B. Thomas (Photo credit should read MICHAEL B. THOMAS/AFP/Getty Images)

Former President Bill Clinton made headlines last week when, in response to protests, he defended Hillary Clinton's description of urban youths as "super-predators" during his administration.

Criminal justice reform advocate and author of the New York Times best seller "Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison," Shaka Senghor, reacts to President Clinton's defense of Secretary Clinton's use of the controversial term.

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