So we want to make sure that happens is that we build a relationship with the police department and the community that results in better policing and better cooperation with the community.
AL SHARPTONThere 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.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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We don’t owe America anything – America owes us.
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Who defines terrorists? Today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s friend.
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I disagree with Muhammad. I’m against hate, anti-Semitism and homophobia.
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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’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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The unfortunate part is there`s not enough balance in the legislative chambers, and particularly the senate that has to do that confirmation for there to be enough pushback.
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We blacks had problems in the ’60s and we solved them by marching. We’ve still got problems – let’s march.
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if we kept on voting, if we kept on believing, we would make America beautiful for everybody.
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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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A war of words escalated between the president-elect and a civil rights icon.
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This is not a village of hate. It’s a village of hope. Don’t let midgets give us a bad name. There are still giants in Harlem, giants who will stand up for our children.
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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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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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I just released an op-ed in the “Washington Post” that talks about providing an I.D. so that everyone can have an I.D., primarily, the social security card.
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I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes.
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I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn’t mean anything.
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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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And we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation.
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If a cop sees a person running out of a store with a gun he’s seeing a crime. He’s not seeing a person standing.
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I`m not as concerned about what Mr. [Jeff] Sessions expressed, except for the fact that he did say that, you know, these things would be enforced.
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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 have the right to express myself. Once we get through expressing, do we really move forward in society.
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I’m projected as an ambulance chaser, but I’m more the ambulance. People call me because they know I will come…. I have never fought a case where they didn’t ask me to come.
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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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I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.
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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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