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.
AL SHARPTONI`m not as concerned about what Mr. [Jeff] Sessions expressed, except for the fact that he did say that, you know, these things would be enforced.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?
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People in the age of [President] Obama don’t dress like they did in the age of [Lyndon] Johnson. That’s for sure.
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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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John Lewis being attacked as “talk, talk, talk” by president-elect [Donald] Trump because he said he didn`t consider him a legitimate president.
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We’re not anti-police… we’re anti-police brutality.
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I 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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We’ve got to look toward two years from now [January 2017] to at least provide some balance in congress.
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National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.
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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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It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That’s where the argument, to this day, of reparations starts.
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I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.
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Any use of the names of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, in connection with any violence or killing of police, is reprehensible and against the pursuit of justice in both cases.
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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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I always go by instinct and then wrestle with where by instinct brought me.
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I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.
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