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Local prosecutors work alongside local police officers on a regular basis and are therefore conflicted when it comes to prosecuting those same officers. They are under extreme pressure from local police unions and from rank-and-file cops.

~Al Sharpton

Topics: Alongside Basis Cops Extreme Local Officers Police Police Officers Pressure Prosecutors Regular Regular Basis Same Therefore Those Unions Work

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We cannot reform institutional racism or systemic policies if we are not actively engaged. It's not enough to simply complain about injustice; the only way to prevent future injustice is to create the society we would like to see, one where we are all equal under the law.

~Al Sharpton

Topics: About Actively Cannot Complain Create Engaged Enough Equal Future Injustice Institutional Law Like Only Policies Prevent Racism Reform See Simply Society Way We Cannot Where Would

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As a kid who grew up chubby, I just marveled at the fact that I could be thin.

~Al Sharpton

Topics: Chubby Could Fact Grew Just Kid Thin Up Who

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The United States isn't a dictatorship ruling with a brutal army and an iron fist, so our police departments must understand that they are there to serve and protect us - all of us. And when they do commit crimes, they must be arrested and prosecuted like anyone else, bottom line.

~Al Sharpton

Topics: Anyone Anyone Else Army Arrested Bottom Bottom Line Brutal Commit Crimes Departments Dictatorship Else Fist Iron Like Line Must Our Police Prosecuted Protect Ruling Serve States Understand United United States Us

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We're not anti-police... we're anti-police brutality.

~Al Sharpton

Topics: Brutality

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We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.

~Al Sharpton

Topics: Crow Deal Defeated His James Jim Jim Crow Now Son

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I do believe the Democratic party has moved far to the right. I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes.

~Al Sharpton

Topics: Around Believe Bunch Clothes Democratic Democratic Party Donkey Elephants Far Moved Party Right Running

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If you can get the proper definition of trouble, then we can find out who the real troublemakers are.

~Al Sharpton

Topics: Definition Find Get Out Proper Real Then Trouble Troublemakers Who You

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I could take all the cartoons in the tabloid newspapers, but I couldn't take my daughter punching me in the belly and asking why I was so fat. That was my inspiration to lose the weight. And probably the last time anyone hurt my feelings.

~Al Sharpton

Topics: Anyone Asking Belly Cartoons Could Daughter Fat Feelings Hurt Inspiration Last Last Time Lose Me Newspapers Punching Tabloid Take Time Weight Why

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How do you make things fair?

~Al Sharpton

Topics: Fair How Make Things You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Activist

Born: October 3rd, 1954

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