American citizen Quote by Benjamin Crump

There is a reason that many African Americans have a healthy mistrust for law enforcement. We don't always feel protected or served by that…

— Sterling K. Brown

African-Americans have always viewed the protection of black lives as a civil rights issue, whether the threat comes from police officers or street criminals.…

— James Forman, Jr

The lived experience of Black people in the United States has demonstrated countless times that we are neither seen as 'law-abiding citizens' nor worthy…

— Jonathan Capehart

In communities of color, such as Ferguson, it often feels like the police are protecting the white community from us instead of protecting our…

— W. Kamau Bell

Too many of our fellow Americans have to struggle each day against the obstacles imposed by racism, history and original sin. These obstacles are…

— Conor Lamb

We have a right to expect a police force that protects our citizens and behaves in a responsible manner... in the American conscience there…

— George H. W. Bush

“Stay away from any place where you can run into police—that’s the advice I give to you and to all young black men in…

— Imbolo Mbue

African-Americans want to be safe in their community, like any other nationality that lives in America. They don't want to be robbed. They don't…

— Ras Baraka

We have to have a national conversation about how police forces should interact with the African-American community, who happens to be paying their salary,…

— William Lacy Clay, Jr

We need to have law enforcement and the African-American community work together for the safety of everybody.

— Deborah K. Ross

We keep calling for accountability and reinvestment and a push for all of us to imagine a world where black people are not policed…

— Patrisse Cullors

It is a dangerous time to be a black woman in America. It’s a time when we are not safe in the streets or…

— Pearl Cleage