I think everybody understood what happened, why this consent decree came about after the Freddie Gray situation. There was tension on both sides.
AL SHARPTONI`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.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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Let me just say that we are under the consent decree. There are people in our city [Baltimore] along with the police department and advocates who believe that this is absolutely the right thing to do.
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America has to make America become a better place for all Americans, and that`s all of us participating.
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James Brown lives, as long as someone steps out of their body and dances uncontrollably.
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I disagree with Muhammad. I’m against hate, anti-Semitism and homophobia.
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What I profess to do is help the oppressed and if I cause a load of discomfort in the white community and the black community, that in my opinion means I’m being effective, because I’m not trying to make them comfortable.
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Somebody had to bring the truth to the doorstep of this president.
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I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people.
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Getting Democrats organized is like herding cats.
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We won`t back down! We won`t be trumped!
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Every victim calls us…. “Who put Sharpton in charge?” The victim!
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They tried to say that being gay is a sin, and I said that adultery is a sin.
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White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires.
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We`re going to continue to move forward and fight.
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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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You can’t get a solution if you won’t talk to the people that have the problem.
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