"This is really not about the president taking it down this is about the judgment of the president putting it up. It’s about what the president believes and it's time for the country to face that." --@Sifill_LDF
"Even if the Vice President had said Black Lives Matter it would be hollow and I wouldn't believe it. He is the Vice President of the United States..and [he] should be judged by [his] actions and what [he does]." --@Sifill_LDF
"The problem with the Senate bill is that it does not propose a regime of accountability...accountability is what we need...The House bill does include a regime of accountability. It addresses the issue of qualified immunity for example." #JusticeinPolicingAct
WATCH: @Sifill_LDF explains the distorted nature of qualified immunity and how it's been used as a shield for law enforcement to avoid accountability.
"Where were they in 2014 when people were protesting in Ferguson..where were they when Eric Garner was choked to death on the streets of New York? Some of us can go back to Eleanor Bumpers, and Michael Stewart, and Clifford Glover. This is a decades-long struggle."--@Sifill_LDF
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