This is not just an agreement for the police department, this is an agreement that gets the police department working with the community and the community understanding its role as it continues to work with the police department.
AL SHARPTONAs 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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The congressman happens to represent me. And while there are always more things that we can do in every community, this is a very diverse district with all kinds of wonderful things.
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We’ve got to look toward two years from now [January 2017] to at least provide some balance in congress.
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James Brown lives, as long as someone steps out of their body and dances uncontrollably.
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There are white n*ggers. I’ve seen a lot of white n*ggers in my time.
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I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people.
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And we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation.
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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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I’m willing to make some sacrifices.” And I think that they ought to be respected for doing that.
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I am in hell already. I am in Israel.
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National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.
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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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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 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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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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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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