Political Quotes

“this week I received several requests from international advocate groups to speak out against the injustice that is taking place in other countries with regard to their judicial system. It is not unusual to get a request in the United States to speak out on those matters. Journalists are in prison solely because they were doing investigative journalism, human rights activists are in prison just because they felt it was necessary to speak out about the injustice in their society, and there are people who have been arrested, harassed or tortured because they disagree with the government and the judicial system of that country is unable to deal with those types of issues. They understand that one of America's core values is fairness, inclusion, and equal justice under the law; however, recent events have shown that in the United States we are not where we need to be in regard to our judicial system, and we must do more. Shortly after the tragic death of Trayvon Martin--an unarmed youth killed by an auxiliary police personnel--I convened a group of activists in Baltimore to try and understand what is happening in our community. I must say that what I observed and learned during that discussion was something that should be very informative to all of us.…”