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It 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.

Al Sharpton

If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can’t grandma have a constitutional right to health care?
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Care Constitution Grandma Health Rifle Right
I’ve never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.
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Conference Discredit Press Prosecutor Victim
I think that any time you look at the fact that boycotts have historically led to change, whatever temporary inconvenience there may be, it in the long run leads toward, in my opinion, a better change for everybody.
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Any Boycot Change Fact Historical Inconvenience Look Run Temporary Tempotray Think Time
I believed there was enough evidence to go to trial. Grand jury said there wasn’t. Okay, fine. Do I have a right to disagree with the grand jury? Many Americans believe O.J. Simpson was guilty.
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Believe Country Disagree Doe Enough Evidence Fine Grand Jury Racist Right Trail
As I ran for president, I hoped that one child would come out of the ghetto like I did, could look at me walk across the stage with governors and senators and know they didn’t have to be a drug dealer.
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Child Could Ghetto Governor Hope Look President Ran State Walk Across
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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Before Believe Caution Concern Grassroot Initial Level Like Organize Seen
If Jews want to get it on, tell them to pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house.
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Come House Jew Over Pin Put Want Yarmulker
The assumption is that the people that are marching and protesting and standing up against this don’t have enough sense to stand up for their own interests.
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Assumption Enough March People Protest Sense Stand
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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Almost Black Go Grew Holiday
If I had spent the money you did and got 18 percent, I’d still be in Iowa hooting and hollering.
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Got Holler Hoot Lowa Money Percent Spent
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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Bad Children Giant Hope Midget Name Stand Village
We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
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Crow Deal Defeat Esquire Son
I think that whoever is the attorney general, you don’t want them to be as a yes person for any particular constituency.
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Attorney Constituency General Parent Particular Think Want Whosoever Yes
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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Agreement Community Department Police Understand
You can’t get a solution if you won’t talk to the people that have the problem.
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People Problem Solution Talk
So we want to make sure that happens is that we build a relationship with the police department and the community that results in better policing and better cooperation with the community.
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Community Department Happen Police Relationship Sure Want
Don’t talk to us like we ignint!
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Ignite Like Talk
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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Comfortable Community Discomfort Effective Help Load Opinion Oppress Profess Try
I’m willing to make some sacrifices.” And I think that they ought to be respected for doing that.
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Do Make Ought Respect Sacrifice Some Think Will
But we believed if we kept on working, if we kept on marching,
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Beautiful Believe Country March
We may switch presidents, but we`re just going to switch legs and keep on marching.
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Bet Imagine Leg May President
I love theology and some philosophy.
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Love Philosophy Some Theology
They didn’t have to be a hoodlum, they didn’t have to be a gangster. They could stand up from a broken home, on welfare, and they could run for president of the United States.
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Broke Gangster Home Hoodlum President Run States United
The job of an activist is to make people tense and cause social change.
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Activist Cause Change Job People Social Tense
It was better walk with dignity than ride in shame. A lot of people in Cincinnati are saying, “Rather than have the continual problems of police brutality and economic disparity,
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Better Brutal Cincinnati Continual Dignity Economic Person Police Problem Ride Say Shame Walk
We must become the United States of America that represents every community, that represents every individual.
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Become Community Country Individual Must Represent Staes United
I don’t think Dr. King helped racial harmony, I think he helped racial justice.
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Harmony Help Job Justice King Mean Racial

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