I think this is the right decision. There was no easy, good decision here.

So he may have tweeted that at the beginning. I am not exactly aware of the time when he did or didn't do it.

I don't think that investment is justified at this point.

is it true that President Trump reduced the number of troops from 10,000 to 2,500 via a tweet last year

I am very hopeful and I hope that we are going to get verdict that say guilty, guilty, guilty. And if we don`t, we cannot go away. We got to stay on the street. And we`ve got to get more active. We`ve got to get more confrontational. We`ve…

I will continue to speak truth to power. And I will continue to be an activist legislator.

You would think that we would have even Republicans on the most conservative side who would say, this is too much, even though I support the police, and I think that they shouldn`t even be challenged in their work, they know what they`re…

I want to tell you my struggle against police abuse started many years ago.

And so, when they take words like confrontation, which certainly confrontation was used in the sit-ins, in the -- for the civil rights legislation, the marches, the prayers. All of that is confrontation.

And so today is very special. Something very special has happened. But when I talk about why it is so important for us to have diversity and inclusion, it is because of Keith Ellison, who is the district attorney.

Today, we feel a sigh of relief. Still, it cannot take away the pain. A measure of justice isn't the same as equal justice. This verdict brings us a step closer. And the fact is, we still have work to do.

We’ve got to stay on the street. We’ve got to get more active. We’ve got to get more confrontational. We’ve got to make sure that they know that we mean business.

It`s not going to be that easy to get this bill passed out of the United States Senate.

To the degree that we get more people in these positions of power, particularly in the criminal justice system, we`re going to be able to get more justice.

We have to make sure that they are not a part of our police departments, and they don`t keep getting rehired over and over again in various jurisdictions after they commit crimes in another district.

We must all see that we have a role in helping to bring about justice in this country.

My struggle against police abuse started many years ago.

I thank the witnesses for being here.