If O.J. had been accused of killing his black wife, you would not have seen the same passion stirred up.
AL SHARPTONIt does not appear, nor is there any reason to believe that [ Jeff Sessions] will put policing reform front and center in the way that this justice department has.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
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I’ve never done anything else in my life other than preach and be an activist. Way before I was known.
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I`m very cautious and very concerned about what I have initially seen, but I also believe we`ve got to organize like we have never organized before.We talk about it, but realistically, we`ve got to organize at the grassroots level.
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John Lewis we all know was beaten terribly, almost to an inch of his life, opened doors that will never be closed, although there are forces that are attempting to close those doors.
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Adultery is responsible for breaking up more marriages, but do we put that in the Constitution? It’s absurd.
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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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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 I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways.
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We’re not anti-police… we’re anti-police brutality.
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While the rest of the country waves the flag of Americana, we understand we are not part of that.
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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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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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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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Evangelicals catapulted George W. Bush back to the White House.
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I am in hell already. I am in Israel.
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