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
AL SHARPTONCrime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.
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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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We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.
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I wanted to say to Governor Dean, don’t be hard on yourself about hooting and hollering.
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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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I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.
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But we believed if we kept on working, if we kept on marching,
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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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We must become the United States of America that represents every community, that represents every individual.
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I need to hear something about how he`s going to bring people together in the spirit, hopefully, of Martin Luther King Jr., and if that`s not heard, then we`ve got to constantly challenge him.
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The icy rain did not deter us as we reminded Donald Trump and other leaders that we will not be silenced.
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I think everybody understood what happened, why this consent decree came about after the Freddie Gray situation. There was tension on both sides.
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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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You and many others addressed yesterday as it relates to criminal justice, as it relates to voting oppression.
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The congressman happens to represent me. And while there are always more things that we can do in every community, this is a very diverse district with all kinds of wonderful things.
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Life is about not where you start, but where you’re going. That’s family values.
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