The Baltimore Police Department had engaged in a pattern of practice of conduct that violated the constitution and federal law, and this conduct had eroded trust and to deprive the people of Baltimore of the rights and the protections guaranteed to every American.
AL SHARPTONIt was better walk with dignity than ride in shame. A lot of people in Cincinnati are saying, “Rather than have the continual problems of police brutality and economic disparity,
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Some issues you just – you certainly you have to defend yourself, but you certainly don`t have to denigrate others.
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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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I have the right to express myself. Once we get through expressing, do we really move forward in society.
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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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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 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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Senator [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.
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How do you make things fair?
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Dr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
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I love theology and some philosophy.
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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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I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.
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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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We need to make some real fundamental change from the Constitution down in this country.
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My ministry’s always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order.
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