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In Staten Island, when you have video showing the alleged chokehold used on Eric Garner, why not go to trial and have the officer(s) explain the tape, and then this jury can determine guilt or innocence? The tape should guarantee that there should be a trial.

~Al Sharpton

Topics: Alleged Determine Eric Explain Garner Go Guarantee Guilt Innocence Island Jury Should Showing Tape Then Trial Used Video Why Why Not You

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In Ferguson, there are witnesses who say Brown had his hands up when he was shot. That should be enough probable cause to go to trial to then determine if Officer Wilson is guilty or not. It is at trial that he can then defend himself and his attorneys can present their own witnesses and their own defense.

~Al Sharpton

Topics: Attorneys Brown Cause Defend Defense Determine Enough Go Guilty Had Hands He Himself His Officer Own Present Probable Say Shot Should Then Trial Up Who Wilson Witnesses

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Everything from who sits on your local board of education to the prosecutors and judicial appointments in your area and much more are all impacted by who holds political office.

~Al Sharpton

Topics: Appointments Area Board Education Everything Holds Impacted Judicial Local More Much Office Political Prosecutors Who Your

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If the black vote does not come out in big numbers in the age of Ferguson and voter ID, it will empower our adversaries and enhance our marginalization.

~Al Sharpton

Topics: Adversaries Age Big Black Come Does Empower Enhance Id Numbers Our Out Vote Voter Will

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When we look at the situation in Ferguson, Missouri and the tragic death of Michael Brown, we are reminded of the importance of who we elect to our city councils, who sits on our local board of education committees, who we pick to represent us in Congress, in the Senate and more.

~Al Sharpton

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All women, regardless of her economic status or racial background, have a right to vote, and no politician or regressive law should prevent her from doing so.

~Al Sharpton

Topics: All Women Background Doing Economic Her Law Politician Prevent Racial Regardless Right Should Status Vote Women

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Civilians are arrested every single day - including innocent ones - and they must wait until their day in court in order to argue their side of the story. Police officers must be subjected to the same rules.

~Al Sharpton

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As I stood and gave the eulogy for young Michael Brown last week, I kept thinking about the fact that this child should have been in college instead of laying in a coffin.

~Al Sharpton

Topics: About Been Brown Child Coffin College Eulogy Fact Gave Instead Kept Last Laying Michael Michael Brown Should Stood Thinking Week Young

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When the culture of police departments is sometimes infused with bias or preconceived ideas against certain groups, there needs to be reform and retraining throughout. And unfortunately, we cannot rely on local departments to police themselves; we need intervention from the top.

~Al Sharpton

Topics: Against Bias Cannot Certain Culture Departments Groups Ideas Intervention Local Need Needs Police Preconceived Reform Rely Sometimes Themselves Throughout Top Unfortunately We Cannot

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When you loot or behave violently, you give grounds to those that try to justify illegal police abuse. You become the poster child for them to say, 'See, we have no choice but to shoot and kill, or use a chokehold, because just look at the way they behave.'

~Al Sharpton

Topics: Abuse Because Become Behave Child Choice Give Grounds Illegal Just Justify Look No Choice Police Poster Say See Shoot Them Those Try Use Violently Way You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Activist

Born: October 3rd, 1954

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