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.

I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people. I love theology and some philosophy.

I wanted to say to Governor Dean, don't be hard on yourself about hooting and hollering. If I had spent the money you did and got 18 percent, I'd still be in Iowa hooting and hollering.

What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?

I have the right to express myself. Once we get through expressing, do we really move forward in society.

John Lewis being attacked as "talk, talk, talk" by president-elect [Donald] Trump because he said he didn`t consider him a legitimate president.

While the rest of the country waves the flag of Americana, we understand we are not part of that. We don't owe America anything - America owes us.