African american Quote by 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

There's an old saying in the black community that everybody else is protected and served but we are policed, we don't want to be…

— Benjamin Crump

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

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

I think it's important to realize that law enforcement does do a very good job oftentimes of trying to ensure the safety and security…

— David Hogg

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

— Deborah K. Ross

In a law enforcement situation, black people are not always treated the same as white people would be.

— Ato Essandoh

This feeling African-Americans have, this skepticism towards the police and the skepticism that the police show towards African-Americans is actually quite old. And it…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

I was ignorant before I did my research of a lot of African American police officers out there who are doing their job and…

— John David Washington

Blacks have had to learn to protect themselves by being cynical but not cynical enough to slam the door on potential opportunities. We go…

— Jackie Robinson

The relationship between police and African-Americans has probably always been strained.

— Harrison Barnes

Black people in America have to, for their own protection, develop a defense mechanism, and I just grew terribly tired of it.

— Randall Robinson