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I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.

Al Sharpton

The assumption is that the people that are marching and protesting and standing up against this don’t have enough sense to stand up for their own interests.
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Assumption Enough March People Protest Sense Stand
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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Aside Bring City Comunity Crisis Hard National Sweat Work
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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We`re looking forward to the appointment of a monitor so that we can continue to do some of the things that we`ve been doing.
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A war of words escalated between the president-elect and a civil rights icon.
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Civil Elect Escalate Icon President Right War
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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This is not about what party you’re part of. This is about right and wrong, … the conscience of this nation.
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Dr. King used Gandhi’s commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.
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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.
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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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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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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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Many like me who operate in black America can only get our balanced story told nationally on BET talk shows.
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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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They tried to say that being gay is a sin, and I said that adultery is a sin.
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James Brown lives, as long as someone steps out of their body and dances uncontrollably.
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I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.

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