The Baltimore Police Department had engaged in a pattern of practice of conduct that violated the constitution and federal law, and this conduct had eroded trust and to deprive the people of Baltimore of the rights and the protections guaranteed to every American.
AL SHARPTONIt was better walk with dignity than ride in shame. A lot of people in Cincinnati are saying, “Rather than have the continual problems of police brutality and economic disparity,
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires.
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John Lewis is an icon in our society.
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A jury said he wasn’t. So I have as much right to question a jury as they do. Does it make somebody a racist? No! They just disagreed with the jury. So did I.
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They tried to say that being gay is a sin, and I said that adultery is a sin.
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The promise of America is one immigration policy for all who seek to enter our shores, whether they come from Mexico,
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President Obama telling Americans not to panic in the wake of the Paris terror attacks.
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So (if) some cracker come and tell you ‘Well, my mother and father blood go back to the Mayflower,’ you better hold your pocket.
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I believed there was enough evidence to go to trial. Grand jury said there wasn’t. Okay, fine. Do I have a right to disagree with the grand jury? Many Americans believe O.J. Simpson was guilty.
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We’re not anti-police… we’re anti-police brutality.
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People in the age of [President] Obama don’t dress like they did in the age of [Lyndon] Johnson. That’s for sure.
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I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn’t mean anything.
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I’ve never done anything else in my life other than preach and be an activist. Way before I was known.
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I think it gives a symbolic boost, as well as those shows do bring down some monetary investments in the city.
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It seems some have chosen to ignore or have simply forgotten the big-picture vision promoted by Dr. King and his kin.
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Dr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
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