My organization, National Action Network (NAN), was on the ground talking and meeting with people in Ferguson, just as we did in Staten Island following Eric Garner’s death. Al Sharpton Read Quote
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 Read Quote
As a kid who grew up chubby, I just marveled at the fact that I could be thin. Al Sharpton Read Quote
I’ve gone from, you know, being too close to politicians, to being too close to entertainers, and people’s father that I’m not. Al Sharpton Read Quote
In every era going back to Lincoln with Frederick Douglass, presidents talk to those that were leading at that time. Al Sharpton Read Quote
I can call a march, and thousands come out, and I happen to have access to the White House at the same time. Al Sharpton Read Quote
Following Michael Brown’s death, I went to Ferguson and met with his parents. I stood with them as they tried to hold their heads high and deal with both their immense loss and the larger issues of police-community relations. Al Sharpton Read Quote
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 Read Quote
