I’ve never done anything else in my life other than preach and be an activist. Way before I was known.
AL SHARPTONThere 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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Somebody had to bring the truth to the doorstep of this president.
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I think that any time you look at the fact that boycotts have historically led to change, whatever temporary inconvenience there may be, it in the long run leads toward, in my opinion, a better change for everybody.
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if we kept on voting, if we kept on believing, we would make America beautiful for everybody.
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Many like me who operate in black America can only get our balanced story told nationally on BET talk shows.
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People working at the arenas are not just depending on one or two concerts.
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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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America has to make America become a better place for all Americans, and that`s all of us participating.
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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 don’t think Dr. King helped racial harmony, I think he helped racial justice.
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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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I’ve never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.
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Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.
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We cannot look at the Latino community and preach ‘one language.’ No one gave them an English test before they sent them to Iraq to fight for America.
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We don’t owe America anything – America owes us.
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But resist we much. We must and we will much about that be committed.
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