Baton rouge Quote by Barack Obama

“Tragedy happens - "tragic mistakes" happen - when men act according to their flawed natures, in fulfillment of their preordained destinies. The tragedy of…

— Salman Rushdie

I was so affected by the tragic shootings that took place in Newtown, Connecticut, as we all were.

— James Langevin

“In Minneapolis, tires were slashed and windows smashed. A high school student getting off a bus was hit in the face and told to…

— Anne Fadiman

Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence. Somebody like me who knows it firsthand and could relate...…

— Nas

We think of Shots Fired as almost an autopsy of Ferguson that shows the events from every street in the house. And, in dealing…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

“A few innocent people!" my father says. "A few people were shot for absolutely no reason except for where they happened to be." But...…

— Hannah Moskowitz

“The problem is that we have been encouraged to be victims rather than to defend ourselves. “We’ve moved towards an idea where the government…

— Chris Bird

“Trayvon Martin’s killing touches on something universal. His death ought to make us look at ourselves and be honest: we need to realize that…

— Peter K. Fallon

First and foremost, I would like to extend my deepest sympathies to the family of Michael Brown. As I have said in the past,…

— Robert P. McCulloch

“It's sad that the murdering of children abroad is a normality within our present day and within our culture as Americans. On a spiritual…

— Kenneth G. Ortiz

Michael Brown and Eric Garner died because they got into a confrontation that could have been easily avoided. That's what made their deaths so…

— Mike Rowe

Victims of the violence are black and white, rich and poor, young and old, famous and unknown. They are most important of all, human…

— Robert Kennedy