We’re not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we’re not willing to give them first chances.
AL SHARPTONI 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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When you look at some of the appointments, there`s great concern because does it really represent all the people, and somehow figuring out how to bring the nation together.
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It does not appear, nor is there any reason to believe that [ Jeff Sessions] will put policing reform front and center in the way that this justice department has.
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John Lewis being attacked as “talk, talk, talk” by president-elect [Donald] Trump because he said he didn`t consider him a legitimate president.
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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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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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I’ve seen too much in life to give up.
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I think that you can’t choose leadership. You have to deal with the leadership that the people respond to.
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If I had spent the money you did and got 18 percent, I’d still be in Iowa hooting and hollering.
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We`re going to continue to move forward and fight.
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My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today.
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Any use of the names of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, in connection with any violence or killing of police, is reprehensible and against the pursuit of justice in both cases.
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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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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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And we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation.
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That ain’t nothing to be proud of. That means their forefathers was crooks.
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