This is not about what party you’re part of. This is about right and wrong, … the conscience of this nation.
AL SHARPTONThe 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.
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It is time to bring down the volume and bring up the program.
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Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.
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I cannot imagine where we would have been without BET.
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There are now that 20 consent decrees in place like the one in Baltimore that are helping put broken police departments on a path to reform. And this is long work.
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National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.
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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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During my 2004 presidential campaign, I was fond of saying that it was high time for the Christian right to meet the right Christians.
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This is not just an agreement for the police department, this is an agreement that gets the police department working with the community and the community understanding its role as it continues to work with the police department.
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It does not appear, nor is there any reason to believe that [ Jeff Sessions] will put policing reform front and center in the way that this justice department has.
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Then I should be praised for it, and it’s more of a comment on them than me that it would take tricks to make them cover the loss of life.
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When you look at some of the appointments, there`s great concern because does it really represent all the people, and somehow figuring out how to bring the nation together.
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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.
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Donald Trump fired back at democratic Congressman John Lewis after Lewis said he did not see Trump as a legitimate president.
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The GOP’s freak out over Donald Trump. Just two months to Iowa, can anyone stop him?
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I`m very cautious and very concerned about what I have initially seen, but I also believe we`ve got to organize like we have never organized before.We talk about it, but realistically, we`ve got to organize at the grassroots level.
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Somebody had to bring the truth to the doorstep of this president.
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If you play the theatrics too much, you get in the way of your own cause.
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We may switch presidents, but we`re just going to switch legs and keep on marching.
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I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
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Let me just say that we are under the consent decree. There are people in our city [Baltimore] along with the police department and advocates who believe that this is absolutely the right thing to do.
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America has to make America become a better place for all Americans, and that`s all of us participating.
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Any use of the names of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, in connection with any violence or killing of police, is reprehensible and against the pursuit of justice in both cases.
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We won`t back down! We won`t be trumped!
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You can’t ever have healing if the patient is left out of the operation room.
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Many like me who operate in black America can only get our balanced story told nationally on BET talk shows.
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Don’t talk to us like we ignint!
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