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We’re not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we’re not willing to give them first chances.

Al Sharpton

I`m deeply concerned about Jeff Sessions, who has clearly expressed opposition to the use of consent decrees and has advanced a lot of this states` rights rhetoric.
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Advance Appear Clearly Consent Express Right Session State Use
What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?
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Denounce Interpol White Wrong
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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Bring Challenge Constant Go Hear King People Something Spirit Together
I’ve seen enough things to know that if you just keep on going, if you turn the corner, the sun will be shining.
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Corner Enough Go Keep Never Quit Shine Sun Thing
My ministry’s always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order.
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Activism Dealer Drug Involve Level Ministry Order Responsible Social Some Think
We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.
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Amendment Constitution Federal Give Giver Need Government Protect Vote
Baltimore is just embarking down this road.
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Country Down Embark Just Road
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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Campaign During Fearful Follow Heard Nervous People Promise Wonder
You can’t ever have healing if the patient is left out of the operation room.
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Heal Operation Out Patient Room
I’m projected as an ambulance chaser, but I’m more the ambulance. People call me because they know I will come…. I have never fought a case where they didn’t ask me to come.
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Ambulance Ask Come Fought More People Project Run
And we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation.
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Divide Nation Right Stronger Ultimate
We`re going to continue to move forward and fight.
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Continue Fight Forward Go Move Think
This is not about what party you’re part of. This is about right and wrong, … the conscience of this nation.
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Conscience Nation Party Wrong
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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Accuse Black Kill Pasion Passion Stir Wife
I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
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Anymore Color Drug More People Think
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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City Department Difficult Justice People Police State Sue System Time
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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Broken Consent Country Decree Department Help Long Place Police Reform Work
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
We won`t back down! We won`t be trumped!
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Back Down Trump Won
I disagree with Muhammad. I’m against hate, anti-Semitism and homophobia.
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Children Disagree Hate Homophobia Name People
I’ve seen too much in life to give up.
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Give Life Much Seen
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
That ain’t nothing to be proud of. That means their forefathers was crooks.
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Crook Forefather Mean Nothing Proud
White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires.
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Build Empire Folk Philosophy Pyramid White
But resist we much. We must and we will much about that be committed.
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Commit Much Resist
You hear anything? Oh, let’s run! It’s Virginia today!”…
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Anything Today
I can’t see how an unarmed man rejecting a drug deal ended up dead.
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Dead Deal Drug End Man Reject Unarm

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