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.
AL SHARPTONOn Saturday of MLK weekend, just days before the inauguration, thousands of people joined me in the nation`s capital to protect the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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I think everybody understood what happened, why this consent decree came about after the Freddie Gray situation. There was tension on both sides.
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We must become the United States of America that represents every community, that represents every individual.
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I`m deeply concerned about Jeff Sessions, who has clearly expressed opposition to the use of consent decrees and has advanced a lot of this states` rights rhetoric.
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You hear anything? Oh, let’s run! It’s Virginia today!”…
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How do you make things fair?
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A war of words escalated between the president-elect and a civil rights icon.
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I think that you can’t choose leadership. You have to deal with the leadership that the people respond to.
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If I had spent the money you did and got 18 percent, I’d still be in Iowa hooting and hollering.
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As I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways.
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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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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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I’ve never seen an effective boycott that didn’t work.
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We cannot move forward or will not move forward if we are divided.
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People working at the arenas are not just depending on one or two concerts.
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I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people.
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