I can’t see how an unarmed man rejecting a drug deal ended up dead.
AL SHARPTONIf a cop sees a person running out of a store with a gun he’s seeing a crime. He’s not seeing a person standing.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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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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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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Don’t talk to us like we ignint!
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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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As a Baptist minister, I don’t have the right to impose my views on anyone else. If committed gay and lesbian couples want to marry, that is their business; none of us should stand in their way
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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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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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Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.
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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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Dr. King used Gandhi’s commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.
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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’ve never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.
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Every victim calls us…. “Who put Sharpton in charge?” The victim!
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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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How do you make things fair?
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