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.
AL SHARPTONI remember the president-elect [Donald Trump] saying that I`m going to do something to dramatically, positively change communities, particularly in urban areas.
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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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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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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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When you’re dealing with boycotts, you don’t need everyone. You just need enough to be effective.
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It 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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But resist we much. We must and we will much about that be committed.
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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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Somebody had to bring the truth to the doorstep of this president.
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We`re going to continue to move forward and fight.
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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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We`re looking forward to the appointment of a monitor so that we can continue to do some of the things that we`ve been doing.
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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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James Brown lives, as long as someone steps out of their body and dances uncontrollably.
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Who defines terrorists? Today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s friend.
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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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