Alicia Keys, singer/public figure - "We demand radical transformation to heal the long history of systematic Racism.

 

President Obama- "To admit we've got a serious problem in no way contradicts our respect and appreciation for the vast majority of police officers who put their lives on the line to protect us every single day. It is to say that, as a nation, we can and must do better to institute the best practices that reduce the appearance or reality of racial bias in law enforcement." 

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Van Jones. CNN News Anchor-"A guy is beaten, he’s kicked, he’s stomped, he’s pepper-sprayed, gagged (because they didn’t want him bleeding on them), and then left in a cell. Well, that’s the sort of stuff you expect in Guatemala, but it happened just fifteen or twenty minutes from here."

"It doesn’t make our world any safer, doesn’t make law enforcement’s job any easier. It increases the level of resentment against law enforcement. And it’s plain just wrong"