Shaun King Quotes

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Shaun King

Profession : Writer

Birth : September 17, 1979

Anne Marie Schubert is one of the most horrible district attorneys in the state of California. She represents Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions. It's no wonder she continuously refuses to hold the police accountable for violence against people of color.

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We must put an end to the corruption and systemic racism in our justice system, and that starts by electing progressive district attorneys who will fight for real justice across the country.

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I've had some unbelievable successes, and I've also learned painful lessons through failures so low I can hardly stand to think of them.

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I love New York. It's my favorite city in the world. I live and work here by choice.

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Every day I walk down the street or hop on the subway, I am reminded that I am a citizen of a very big, incredibly diverse world.

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Politicians can and should be held accountable for their choices.

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It's always important, when we experience injustice in this nation, that people in power understand that we will not take that injustice quietly.

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I've come to understand that awareness and momentum, while necessary and valuable, are just two of the dozens of essential ingredients required to actually make change happen.

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The United States has so many laws, into the millions, that experts have lost track of just how many laws we have.

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As you may know, I'm the co-founder of a political organization called Real Justice. Our goal is to help elect progressive, reform-minded prosecutors and district attorneys that are committed to ending mass incarceration.

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Because of tax laws governing charities, including almost every single civil rights organization you've ever heard of, including the NAACP, the Urban League, the ACLU, and others, those organizations are not allowed to endorse political candidates or use their resources in political campaigns of any kind.

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'Go vote' is a not a political strategy. It's hardly a slogan. Hell, it's not even a good tweet.

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We live in a country where movies, music, and sports are more important than God to a lot of people. It's why Colin Kaepernick's protest rocked the nation and got the whole world talking. Taking a knee is a simple act of defiance. Had Colin done it anywhere other than the football field, it might not have even made the news.

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'Black Panther' had a whole cast of beautiful black brilliance. Black scientists. Black presidents. The style. The technology. The color.

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I grossly underestimated the gravitational pull of America's justice system toward white supremacy.

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I became personal friends with Erica Garner and with so many other families affected by police violence.

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Over and over again, I looked family members who had lost loved ones to police violence, I looked them right in the eye and told them, 'Don't worry. We will get justice for your family.'

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When I travel and speak across the country, I often tell college students that we are making a significant mistake when we say to each other that this criminal justice of ours is broken. To say it's broken would be to suggest that it was well designed and had good intentions from the start.

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Much of the foundation of our criminal justice system is derived from slave patrols and was created when African Americans could still be bought, sold, and traded.

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Politicians and lawmakers are willing to watch us take us a knee, watch us march, watch us picket and protest - and wait us out. They are willing and prepared to outlast us - and, in most cases, to do absolutely nothing about the problems we highlight and amplify.

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