A war of words escalated between the president-elect and a civil rights icon.
AL SHARPTONThe unfortunate part is there`s not enough balance in the legislative chambers, and particularly the senate that has to do that confirmation for there to be enough pushback.
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The unfortunate part is there`s not enough balance in the legislative chambers, and particularly the senate that has to do that confirmation for there to be enough pushback.
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And that will mean that we cast aside eight years of hard work, blood, sweat and tears that have gone into bringing cities and mayors and communities to the table to address what truly is a national crisis.
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We’ve got to look toward two years from now [January 2017] to at least provide some balance in congress.
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if we kept on voting, if we kept on believing, we would make America beautiful for everybody.
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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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The 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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You can’t get a solution if you won’t talk to the people that have the problem.
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If I use the media, even with tricks, to publicize a black youth being shot in the back in Teaneck, New Jersey.
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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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There are white n*ggers. I’ve seen a lot of white n*ggers in my time.
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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’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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I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
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How do you make things fair?
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If O.J. had been accused of killing his black wife, you would not have seen the same passion stirred up.
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