This is not just an agreement for the police department, this is an agreement that gets the police department working with the community and the community understanding its role as it continues to work with the police department.
AL SHARPTONNational Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.
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I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
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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 need to hear something about how he`s going to bring people together in the spirit, hopefully, of Martin Luther King Jr., and if that`s not heard, then we`ve got to constantly challenge him.
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Baltimore is just embarking down this road.
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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 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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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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Many like me who operate in black America can only get our balanced story told nationally on BET talk shows.
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I’m projected as an ambulance chaser, but I’m more the ambulance. People call me because they know I will come…. I have never fought a case where they didn’t ask me to come.
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I don’t think Dr. King helped racial harmony, I think he helped racial justice.
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The GOP’s freak out over Donald Trump. Just two months to Iowa, can anyone stop him?
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During my 2004 presidential campaign, I was fond of saying that it was high time for the Christian right to meet the right Christians.
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Some issues you just – you certainly you have to defend yourself, but you certainly don`t have to denigrate others.
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Somebody had to bring the truth to the doorstep of this president.
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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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