I believed there was enough evidence to go to trial. Grand jury said there wasn’t. Okay, fine. Do I have a right to disagree with the grand jury? Many Americans believe O.J. Simpson was guilty.
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.
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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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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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As 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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I`m not as concerned about what Mr. [Jeff] Sessions expressed, except for the fact that he did say that, you know, these things would be enforced.
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We need to make some real fundamental change from the Constitution down in this country.
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I have the right to express myself. Once we get through expressing, do we really move forward in society.
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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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The Democratic Party hasn’t whipped anybody into a frenzy.
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Jeff Sessions, the person who`s likely to become our next attorney general, is striking a very different tone from our current attorney general, Loretta Lynch, who announced a consent decree with the city of Baltimore.
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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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John Lewis is an icon in our society.
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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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My ministry’s always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order.
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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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I always go by instinct and then wrestle with where by instinct brought me.
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I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people.
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Evangelicals catapulted George W. Bush back to the White House.
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Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.
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People in the age of [President] Obama don’t dress like they did in the age of [Lyndon] Johnson. That’s for sure.
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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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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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People working at the arenas are not just depending on one or two concerts.
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I`m very cautious about what appears to be things put in place that will begin to roll back some of the progress that I believe we`ve made.
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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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I don’t think Dr. King helped racial harmony, I think he helped racial justice.
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We never got the 40 acres. We went all the way to Herbert Hoover, and we never got the 40 acres. We didn’t get the mule. So we decided we’d ride this donkey as far as it would take us.
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