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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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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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
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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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We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.
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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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I always go by instinct and then wrestle with where by instinct brought me.
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I feel that it is our moral obligation to stand and to be courageous with these families, and particularly Cindy, that have become the conscience of this nation.
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I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
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During my 2004 presidential campaign, I was fond of saying that it was high time for the Christian right to meet the right Christians.
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My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today.
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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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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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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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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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First and foremost, that I will, obviously, be the president of all the people, as opposed to one segment.
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