I think everybody understood what happened, why this consent decree came about after the Freddie Gray situation. There was tension on both sides.
AL SHARPTONThat ain’t nothing to be proud of. That means their forefathers was crooks.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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It`s a difficult thing for a city to be sued by the department of justice and to be told that your police department is systematically failing to serve the people of the state or the city.
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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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Vice President [Lindon] Johnson to President Johnson and Vice President [Hubert] Humphrey. It`s challenging the administrations to do the right thing.
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Who defines terrorists? Today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s friend.
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Every victim calls us…. “Who put Sharpton in charge?” The victim!
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We cannot look at the Latino community and preach ‘one language.’ No one gave them an English test before they sent them to Iraq to fight for America.
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There are white n*ggers. I’ve seen a lot of white n*ggers in my time.
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I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.
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We built pyramids before Donald Trump ever knew what architecture was … we taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it.
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And that will mean that we cast aside eight years of hard work, blood, sweat and tears that have gone into bringing cities and mayors and communities to the table to address what truly is a national crisis.
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We won`t back down! We won`t be trumped!
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People have this picture like I’m sitting up in bed at night with a walkie-talkie. “You hear anything? Oh, let’s run! It’s Virginia today!”…
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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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Somebody had to bring the truth to the doorstep of this president.
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Dr. King used Gandhi’s commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.
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