We don’t owe America anything – America owes us.
AL SHARPTONCrime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.
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I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.
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National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.
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A jury said he wasn’t. So I have as much right to question a jury as they do. Does it make somebody a racist? No! They just disagreed with the jury. So did I.
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There are now that 20 consent decrees in place like the one in Baltimore that are helping put broken police departments on a path to reform. And this is long work.
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A picture would be put on that card, and a president can certainly by executive order make this happen so that people will not need a special I.D. They`ll have one to vote.
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People have a right to be nervous and fearful. They heard what Trump said during the campaign and are wondering if he`ll follow through on his promises.
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Dr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
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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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I love theology and some philosophy.
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Let me just say that we are under the consent decree. There are people in our city [Baltimore] along with the police department and advocates who believe that this is absolutely the right thing to do.
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Every victim calls us…. “Who put Sharpton in charge?” The victim!
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America has to make America become a better place for all Americans, and that`s all of us participating.
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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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The dream was not to put one black family in the White House, the dream was to make everything equal in everybody’s house.
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I’ve never seen an effective boycott that didn’t work.
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