Let me just say that we are under the consent decree. There are people in our city [Baltimore] along with the police department and advocates who believe that this is absolutely the right thing to do.
AL SHARPTONI’m willing to make some sacrifices.” And I think that they ought to be respected for doing that.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.
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The United States government has the obligation to educate all young people in this country.
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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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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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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 Baltimore Police Department had engaged in a pattern of practice of conduct that violated the constitution and federal law, and this conduct had eroded trust and to deprive the people of Baltimore of the rights and the protections guaranteed to every American.
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My dad challenged every president from President [Dwight] Eisenhower and Vice President [Richard] Nixon to President [J.F] Kennedy.
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We’re not anti-police… we’re anti-police brutality.
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People have this picture like I’m sitting up in bed at night with a walkie-talkie. “You hear anything? Oh, let’s run! It’s Virginia today!”…
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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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While the rest of the country waves the flag of Americana, we understand we are not part of that.
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We`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.
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We just have to hope and pray that this man [Donald Trump] is changed in terms of how he views the world community.
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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 do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes.
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