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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.

Al Sharpton

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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Black March Problem Solve Still
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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Donald Trump fired back at democratic Congressman John Lewis after Lewis said he did not see Trump as a legitimate president.
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Back Congress Democratic Fire Legitimate President
If you play the theatrics too much, you get in the way of your own cause.
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Cause Much Own Play Theatric Way
I disagree with Muhammad. I’m against hate, anti-Semitism and homophobia.
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Children Disagree Hate Homophobia Name People
I think first of all, the United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.
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Adopt Allies Befriend Create States Think United World
I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes.
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Believe Bunch Cloth Donkey Elephant Party Run
As I ran for president, I hoped that one child would come out of the ghetto like I did, could look at me walk across the stage with governors and senators and know they didn’t have to be a drug dealer.
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Child Could Ghetto Governor Hope Look President Ran State Walk Across
So (if) some cracker come and tell you ‘Well, my mother and father blood go back to the Mayflower,’ you better hold your pocket.
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Back Better Blood Crack Father Hold Mean Mother Pocket Tell
We’ve got to look toward two years from now [January 2017] to at least provide some balance in congress.
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Balance Congress Least Look Now Provide Some Toward Yera
If Jews want to get it on, tell them to pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house.
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We just have to hope and pray that this man [Donald Trump] is changed in terms of how he views the world community.
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I think that any time you look at the fact that boycotts have historically led to change, whatever temporary inconvenience there may be, it in the long run leads toward, in my opinion, a better change for everybody.
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What I profess to do is help the oppressed and if I cause a load of discomfort in the white community and the black community, that in my opinion means I’m being effective, because I’m not trying to make them comfortable.
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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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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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Broken Consent Country Decree Department Help Long Place Police Reform Work

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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