I think everybody understood what happened, why this consent decree came about after the Freddie Gray situation. There was tension on both sides.
AL SHARPTONWe`re looking forward to the appointment of a monitor so that we can continue to do some of the things that we`ve been doing.
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 think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
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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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When you look at some of the appointments, there`s great concern because does it really represent all the people, and somehow figuring out how to bring the nation together.
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You can’t get a solution if you won’t talk to the people that have the problem.
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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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I think you don’t support people based on one or two cases of situations.
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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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We’re not anti-police… we’re anti-police brutality.
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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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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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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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There are white n*ggers. I’ve seen a lot of white n*ggers in my time.
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We blacks had problems in the ’60s and we solved them by marching. We’ve still got problems – let’s march.
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And I think we`ve got to hold his feet to the fire to all those issues as well as all the issues that you addressed.
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