Getting Democrats organized is like herding cats.
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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I feel that it is our moral obligation to stand and to be courageous with these families, and particularly Cindy, that have become the conscience of this nation.
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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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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 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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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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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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They didn’t have to be a hoodlum, they didn’t have to be a gangster. They could stand up from a broken home, on welfare, and they could run for president of the United States.
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As a Baptist minister, I don’t have the right to impose my views on anyone else. If committed gay and lesbian couples want to marry, that is their business; none of us should stand in their way
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You can’t get a solution if you won’t talk to the people that have the problem.
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Baltimore is just embarking down this road.
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It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That’s where the argument, to this day, of reparations starts.
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I`m deeply concerned about Jeff Sessions, who has clearly expressed opposition to the use of consent decrees and has advanced a lot of this states` rights rhetoric.
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James Brown lives, as long as someone steps out of their body and dances uncontrollably.
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And I think we`ve got to hold his feet to the fire to all those issues as well as all the issues that you addressed.
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I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.
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