I think everybody understood what happened, why this consent decree came about after the Freddie Gray situation. There was tension on both sides.
AL SHARPTONI think first of all, the United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.
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I think that you can’t choose leadership. You have to deal with the leadership that the people respond to.
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Senator [Jeff] Sessions says people, cities sign these decrees because they don`t want to be sued by the justice department, as if he is, in some ways, questioning whether the things that are in these decrees are necessary and warranted.
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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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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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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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If a cop sees a person running out of a store with a gun he’s seeing a crime. He’s not seeing a person standing.
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Donald Trump fired back at democratic Congressman John Lewis after Lewis said he did not see Trump as a legitimate president.
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I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.
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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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But resist we much. We must and we will much about that be committed.
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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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Somebody had to bring the truth to the doorstep of this president.
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It seems some have chosen to ignore or have simply forgotten the big-picture vision promoted by Dr. King and his kin.
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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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I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn’t mean anything.
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