the only way that we're going to
deal with is to confess our
sins.
it didn't start with police and
it doesn't end with police.
it is the entire system.
and as an african-american
mother of an african-american
son, who is a law enforcement
officer, who has been racily
profiled throughout his life,
who does wear a badge and a gun,
who i do worry about on both
ends, let me just tell you this,
we have to deal with these
issues in a very real way and
the african-american community
is sick and tired of this same
sad song being played over and
over and over and over again.
and just like novelest james
baldwin and activist james
baldwin said, he said to be
black in america and to be
relatively conscious is to be in
a rage all the time.
and when we have leaders who
don't even want to acknowledge
that we have institutional
racism in this country,
economic, political, financial,
we have to admit that and do
something about it.
and all communities need the
police, but we need
transparency, we...