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"We remember that that Dr. King said, "Riots are the language of those who are not heard," but we forget why he was saying it. He was talking about the unrest gripping our nation in 1966." --@Sifill_LDF
"The one issue that was never the subject of a comprehensive civil rights bill was the issue that set of unrest in '64, '65, '66, '67, and again in 1992 after the verdict in the Rodney King case. And that is this issue of police violence against unarmed African Americans."
"It is going to take work at the national, state, and local level. But this bill provides vital tools, not only at the national level, but provides tools to State Attorney Generals and provides tools for civil rights lawyers..."
"This doesn't change that we need action at the state level...at the local level...but it does mean that these members of Congress are prepared to use their power to do what must be done. To finally, at long last, address this important civil rights issue."
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