“Any use of the names of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, in connection with any violence or killing of police, is reprehensible and against the pursuit of justice in both cases.” UseNamesJusticeCasesViolenceConnectionsPoliceKillingPursuitBrownEricPursuit Of Justice Author:Al Sharpton
“While I understand the passions and the anger that arise over the death of Michael Brown, giving into that anger by looting or carrying guns, and even attacking the police only serves to raise tensions and stir chaos.” GivingPassionGunPoliceRaisesChaosAriseTensionBrownAttackingGiving InLootingCarrying Guns Author:Barack Obama
“You're not going to have the police force representing the black and brown community, if they've spent the last 30 years busting every son and daughter and father and mother for every piddling drug offense that they've ever done, thus creating a mistrust in the community. But at the same time, you should be able to talk about abuses of power, and you should be able to talk about police brutality and what, in some cases, is as far as I'm concerned, outright murder and outright loss of justice without the police organization targeting you in the way that they have done me.” IfsWayShouldYearsDoneAbleLastsMotherFatherForceBlackCommunityJusticeLossCasesSonDrugCreatingDaughterConcernedOrganizationAbuseMurderPoliceBrownOffensePolice BrutalityBrutalityRepresentingMistrustAbuse Of PowerSon And DaughterPolice ForceBusting Author:Quentin Tarantino
“You should be able to criticize civil servants for what you think is wrongdoing without being painted as a cop-hater. I don't feel the police are all corrupt, however I do feel they are suffering from institutional racism and there needs to be a top-to-bottom examination of the way they practice and the way they criminalize young black and brown males. The fact that they seem to have backed off from it seems to suggest they realize they overreacted on me and it looks bad.” ThinkingWayNeedsFeelsShouldLooksFactsSeemsAbleYoungSufferingBlackRealizingPracticeRacismPoliceMalesBottomServantBrownCriticizeCopExaminationWrongdoingCivil ServantsInstitutional Racism Author:Quentin Tarantino
“But the reality is that the police serve a certain function, to maintain a certain status quo, and that's one of the things that the movie is about, because it basically gives you three options for looking at the police, as symbolized by Dave Brown.” GivingRealityCertainThreeFunctionPoliceBrownStatus QuoDave Author:Oren Moverman
“Unfortunately I feel like a lot of the issues that the show [OJ Simpson ] was dealing with are still very much in the forefront of the American consciousness and the world consciousness today. Police misconduct was at the heart of the defense and Johnny Cochran did a masterful job at putting that defense at the forefront of the jury's conscience as opposed to the double homicide of Ron [Goldman] and Nicole [Brown Simpson].” WorldFeelsHeartStillsShowsTodayJobsConsciousnessIssuesConsciencePoliceDefenseBrownJuryHomicideNicoleMisconductOj Simpson Author:Sterling K. Brown
“Racism is a moral catastrophe, most graphically seen in the prison industrial complex and targeted police surveillance in black and brown ghettos rendered invisible in public discourse.” BlackMoralRacismPolicePrisonComplexesInvisibleBrownDiscourseCatastropheSurveillanceGhettoPublic Discourse Author:Cornel West
“tanith: have you called the police? fergus: they, uh, they said theyd call by this afternoon. tanith: tell them not to bother... im his doctor. beryl: what kind of doctor dresses in brown leather? tanith: the kind that looks good init” LooksKindSaidDoctorsPoliceDressesBotherBrownAfternoonThey SaidLeather Author:Derek Landy