“This feeling African-Americans have, this skepticism towards the police and the skepticism that the police show towards African-Americans is actually quite old. And it may be one of the most durable aspects of the relationship between black people and their country really in our history.” PeopleMayCountryShowsFeelingsBlackAspectPoliceAfrican AmericanBlack PeopleSkepticism Author:Ta-Nehisi Coates
“I think the sad fact is, there's a long history in this country at looking at African-American as subhuman. And I think that's reflected in the fact that, when we have problems that really are problems of employment, that are really problems of mental health, that are really problems of drugs, our answer is the police.” ThinkingLongCountryFactsProblemAnswersDrugPoliceMental HealthEmploymentAfrican American Author:Ta-Nehisi Coates
“There's no question that there's been a breach in the trust between urban - especially urban community, African-American and minority communities and the police in major American cities.” CommunityCitiesMajorsPoliceAfrican AmericanMinoritiesUrbanBreachAmerican Cities Author:Mark Shields
“What we saw was that the Ferguson Police Department in conjunction with the municipality saw traffic stops, arrests, tickets as a revenue generator, as opposed to serving the community, and that it systematically was biased against African-Americans in that city who were stopped, harassed, mistreated, abused, called names, fined.” NamesCommunityCitiesSawsPoliceAfrican AmericanDepartmentServingTicketsTrafficRevenueBiasedConjunctionsMistreatedGeneratorFergusonMunicipalityPolice DepartmentServing The Community Author:Barack Obama
“The police killings of unarmed African Americans has got to stop.” PoliceKillingAfrican AmericanUnarmed Author:Bernie Sanders
“In a moment when young black voters were key to the election and the reelection of a black president, when the Department of Justice has been led these years by the first two African-American attorneys general, when many big cities boast African-American league prosecutors and police chiefs and mayors, even in this moment, why is it that it still feels to so many young people that there is more power for change on the court than in the courts?” PeopleFeelsYearsFirstsHas BeensStillsTwoMomentsBigsYoungBlackPresidentJusticeCitiesKeysPoliceElectionCourtChiefsAfrican AmericanLeagueDepartmentVotersBoastAttorneyMayorsBig CitiesProsecutorReelection Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“When you look at the Justice Department's report talking about the Ferguson Police Department's rampant pattern of discrimination and its excessive use of force against African-American citizens, it's hard to try to rationalize how this cesspool of racism doesn't spill over onto the individual officers.” TryingLooksHardUseIndividualForceJusticeTalkingCitizensRacismPolicePatternsDiscriminationAfrican AmericanDepartmentReportsOfficersSpillsAmerican CitizensRationalizeUse Of ForceFergusonPolice Department Author:Benjamin Crump
“It's just cheaper to be White in America than it is to be Black, because of educational advances, because of the police incidents, because of the poverty we grow up in as African-Americans. So, it's just cheaper in this country if you're born a Caucasian than being born a Black person.” IfsPersonsCountryAmericaGrowsBlackBornWhitePovertyGrowing UpPoliceEducationalAfrican AmericanIncidentsCheaperBlack PersonCaucasian Author:Warren Ballentine
“The share of Americans who say race relations are bad in this country is the highest it's been in decades, much of it amplified by shootings of African-Americans by police, as we've seen recently in Charlotte and Tulsa.” CountryRaceShareHighestRelationPoliceDecadesAfrican AmericanShootingRace RelationsCharlotteTulsa Author:Lester Holt
“The gun epidemic is the leading cause of death of young African- American men, more than the next nine causes put together. So we have to do two things, as I said. We have to restore trust. We have to work with the police. We have to make sure they respect the communities and the communities respect them.” MenSaidTwoTogetherYoungNextCausesCommunityGunPoliceNineAfrican AmericanTwo ThingsEpidemicsLeading Causes Author:Hillary Clinton
“Police officers are the best of us. And the men and women, white, African-American, Asian, Latino, Hispanic, they put their lives on the line every single day.” MenLinesWhiteHe ManMen And WomenPoliceAfrican AmericanOfficersAsianLatinoPolice OfficerHispanic Author:Mike Pence
“When African-American police officers involved in a police action shooting involving an African-American, why would Hillary Clinton accuse that African-American police officer of implicit bias?” ActionInvolvedPoliceClintonAfrican AmericanShootingOfficersBiasInvolvingPolice OfficerImplicit Author:Mike Pence
“African-Americans want to be safe in their community, like any other nationality that lives in America. They don't want to be robbed. They don't want to be beat. They don't want to be shot down in their neighborhoods, whether it's by police officers or people who live there.” PeopleWantAmericaCommunitySafeBeatsShotsPoliceAfrican AmericanNeighborhoodOfficersNationalityPolice Officer Author:Ras Baraka
“African-American men are more likely to be killed in police incidents, stopped and searched, and sentenced to longer prison terms than white men convicted of similar crimes. Behind these statistics are heart-wrenching stories of lives cut short and families ripped apart.” MenHeartStoriesTermWhiteBehindsCuttingCrimePolicePrisonAfrican AmericanStatisticsWhite ManIncidentsRippedHeart Wrenching Author:Hillary Clinton
“In community after community, there are unemployment rates among young African-Americans of 30 to 40 percent. Thirty to 40 percent! Kids have no jobs, they have no future. That is an issue that has got to be dealt with simultaneously as we deal with police brutality, voter suppression and the other attacks that are taking place on the African-American community.” KidsJobsYoungCommunityDealsIssuesPercentPoliceRateAfrican AmericanThirtyVotersUnemploymentPolice BrutalityBrutalitySuppressionUnemployment RateVoter Suppression Author:Bernie Sanders
“One of the ongoing crises in America is institutional racism. We have a very broken criminal justice system. We live in a country where there are more people in jail than any other country on Earth. There are some 2.2 million people currently incarcerated and they are disproportionally African American and Hispanic. Unarmed African Americans have been abused and sometimes killed while in police custody. Clearly these are issues that must be dealt with and changed.” PeopleHas BeensCountrySometimesEarthAmericaJusticeMillionsIssuesChangedBrokenRacismPoliceCrisisCriminalsAfrican AmericanJailOther CountriesOngoingJustice SystemHispanicCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice SystemUnarmedCustodyInstitutional Racism Author:Bernie Sanders
“Many White people are not sensitive to the kind of abuse that African Americans, especially younger African Americans, receive at the hands of police officers and police departments. I think for most Whites their experience with the police has been good or neutral because they don't interact with the police as much as those in the Black community.” PeopleThinkingKindHas BeensHandsBlackCommunityWhiteAbusePoliceAfrican AmericanSensitiveDepartmentOfficersPolice OfficerBlack CommunityPolice Department Author:Bernie Sanders
“Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.” MoneyPlansFailureMouthsPolicePlanningAfrican AmericanBoxingMikeBoxersPunchingBlack HumorWindow Dressing Author:Mike Tyson
“I mean it used to be, there was a time … when lynchings of African Americans were not that incredibly rare. Now the lynchings are the police and it's just an outrage.” MeanUsedPoliceUsed To BeAfrican AmericanOutrageLynching Author:Ben Stein
“You were put here to protect us. But who protects us from you?” ProtectPoliceHip HopRapAfrican AmericanRapperPolice BrutalityRap Song Author:KRS-One