Monday, May 4, 2015

WEEKEND QUOTABLES

Kevin Moore captured arrest of Freddie Gray on video.
"He was folded up like a piece of origami." -- PostTV
Derick Ebert, 19-year-old Youth Poet Laureate of Baltimore
We had hopes in Baltimore as youth that it would be different than Ferguson. We were hoping that it wouldn't have to come to this. That we would find an answer. That the police department wouldn't withhold information like they did. As soon as we saw that we weren't getting information is when we realized that we needed to take action. -- Youth Radio
Nicolas Kristof
 It turns out that the Wall Street bonus pool in 2014 was roughly twice the total annual earnings of all Americans working full time at the federal minimum wage. -- N.Y. Times
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.)
"It doesn’t matter if you live in Searchlight or Las Vegas, in Baltimore or rural Maryland: When there is no hope, anger and despair move in. Let’s not pretend the system is fair. Let’s not pretend everything is okay." -- Huffington
 N.Y. Principal Carol Burris
Assuming that Duncan is not planning to call in the National Guard to haul off opt-outing 8 year olds, the only possible “sanction” would be withholding funds. -- Washington Post

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