Black community Quote by Courtney B. Vance

As a black man, you learn at an early age the police are not your friends.

— Malik Yoba

The black community has always complained about abuse from cops. It's nothing new. But now, more people are seeing visual examples of what they've…

— Ron Stallworth

Black Lives Matter is not just concerned with what happens in policing. The disregard, the disrespect, and the lack of dignity for black life…

— Alicia Garza

We need the cops, especially in the black community.

— Charles Barkley

For people of color - especially African Americans - the idea that racist cops might frame members of their community is no abstract notion,…

— Tim Wise

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

The stuff that the cops do and the stuff that happens, what bothers us, the black community, is it's so blatant... It's so out…

— Jamal Murray

We were raised in the black community not to trust the police, and I believe, in the white community, they were raised to actually…

— Courtney B. Vance

Through Black Lives Matter and social media, we've been able to have a really challenging discussion with America about police and how much it…

— Patrisse Cullors

I talked to a lot of Black Lives activists in various states. What I learned is that the relationship of police departments around the…

— Bernie Sanders

Whenever black folks speak candidly about the horrors of police brutality, the default reaction in the United States isn't to start disrupting and dismantling…

— Jemele Hill

We have police officers who may devalue the life of Black people. And that's what we have to change.

— Mike Espy