And we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation.
AL SHARPTONThe Baltimore Police Department had engaged in a pattern of practice of conduct that violated the constitution and federal law, and this conduct had eroded trust and to deprive the people of Baltimore of the rights and the protections guaranteed to every American.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
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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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I 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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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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I haven’t done the things I’ve done to be in a sitcom.
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Baltimore is just embarking down this road.
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I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.
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A picture would be put on that card, and a president can certainly by executive order make this happen so that people will not need a special I.D. They`ll have one to vote.
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Dr. King used Gandhi’s commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.
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We`re going to continue to move forward and fight.
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First and foremost, that I will, obviously, be the president of all the people, as opposed to one segment.
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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.
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We’re not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we’re not willing to give them first chances.
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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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White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires.
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