A war of words escalated between the president-elect and a civil rights icon.
AL SHARPTONHow do you make things fair?
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Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing.
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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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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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Dr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
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How do you make things fair?
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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’m a patriot in the truest sense of the word.
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But we believed if we kept on working, if we kept on marching,
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This is not a village of hate. It’s a village of hope. Don’t let midgets give us a bad name. There are still giants in Harlem, giants who will stand up for our children.
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The United States government has the obligation to educate all young people in this country.
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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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It seems some have chosen to ignore or have simply forgotten the big-picture vision promoted by Dr. King and his kin.
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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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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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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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