It`s a difficult thing for a city to be sued by the department of justice and to be told that your police department is systematically failing to serve the people of the state or the city.

Somebody had to bring the truth to the doorstep of this president.

Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing.

I think that you can't choose leadership. You have to deal with the leadership that the people respond to.

As I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways. Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.

We cannot move forward or will not move forward if we are divided.

Who defines terrorists? Today's terrorist is tomorrow's friend.