Al Sharpton Quotes, Rights Quotes, Law Quotes

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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We've got to look toward two years from now [January 2017] to at least provide some balance in congress.

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The GOP's freak out over Donald Trump. Just two months to Iowa, can anyone stop him?

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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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If you play the theatrics too much, you get in the way of your own cause.

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I don't think Dr. King helped racial harmony, I think he helped racial justice. What I profess to do is help the oppressed and if I cause a load of discomfort in the white community and the black community, that in my opinion means I'm being effective, because I'm not trying to make them comfortable. The job of an activist is to make people tense and cause social change.

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The United States government has the obligation to educate all young people in this country.

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There are white n*ggers. I've seen a lot of white n*ggers in my time.

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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. Baltimore is just embarking down this road.

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I've never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.

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This is not just an agreement for the police department, this is an agreement that gets the police department working with the community and the community understanding its role as it continues to work with the police department.

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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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First and foremost, that I will, obviously, be the president of all the people, as opposed to one segment. When you look at some of the appointments, there`s great concern because does it really represent all the people, and somehow figuring out how to bring the nation together.

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James Brown lives, as long as someone steps out of their body and dances uncontrollably.

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I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes.

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But we believed if we kept on working, if we kept on marching, if we kept on voting, if we kept on believing, we would make America beautiful for everybody.

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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.

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When you're dealing with boycotts, you don't need everyone. You just need enough to be effective.

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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.

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I think you don't support people based on one or two cases of situations. You deal with their balance over the long run.

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