I think everybody understood what happened, why this consent decree came about after the Freddie Gray situation. There was tension on both sides.
AL SHARPTONThe promise of America is one immigration policy for all who seek to enter our shores, whether they come from Mexico,
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I grew up in the 1950s and ’60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan.
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This is not about what party you’re part of. This is about right and wrong, … the conscience of this nation.
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Life is about not where you start, but where you’re going. That’s family values.
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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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We’re not anti-police… we’re anti-police brutality.
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It`s a difficult thing for a city to be sued by the department of justice and to be told that your police department is systematically failing to serve the people of the state or the city.
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I don’t think Dr. King helped racial harmony, I think he helped racial justice.
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If 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.
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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.
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James Brown lives, as long as someone steps out of their body and dances uncontrollably.
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We`re going to continue to move forward and fight.
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Vice President [Lindon] Johnson to President Johnson and Vice President [Hubert] Humphrey. It`s challenging the administrations to do the right thing.
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You deal with their balance over the long run.
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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 think it gives a symbolic boost, as well as those shows do bring down some monetary investments in the city.
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