Jeff Sessions, the person who`s likely to become our next attorney general, is striking a very different tone from our current attorney general, Loretta Lynch, who announced a consent decree with the city of Baltimore.
AL SHARPTONSenator [Jeff] Sessions says people, cities sign these decrees because they don`t want to be sued by the justice department, as if he is, in some ways, questioning whether the things that are in these decrees are necessary and warranted.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That’s where the argument, to this day, of reparations starts.
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I`m very cautious about what appears to be things put in place that will begin to roll back some of the progress that I believe we`ve made.
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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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People have a right to be nervous and fearful. They heard what Trump said during the campaign and are wondering if he`ll follow through on his promises.
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The icy rain did not deter us as we reminded Donald Trump and other leaders that we will not be silenced.
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Who defines terrorists? Today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s friend.
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I’ve seen enough things to know that if you just keep on going, if you turn the corner, the sun will be shining.
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Getting Democrats organized is like herding cats.
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We don’t owe America anything – America owes us.
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A picture would be put on that card, and a president can certainly by executive order make this happen so that people will not need a special I.D. They`ll have one to vote.
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I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes.
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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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Dr. King used Gandhi’s commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.
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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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We may switch presidents, but we`re just going to switch legs and keep on marching.
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