15 Quotes by William Lacy Clay, Jr.

A militarized police force facing down innocent protesters with sniper rifles and machine guns is totally unacceptable in America.

It is apparent, if you go back through our history, that the grand juries of the criminal justice system do not value black lives.

Michael Brown happened to be black. Trayvon Martin happened to be black. Eric Garner was a black man. So this pattern continues over and over.

I made a commitment and a promise to Ms. McSpadden, Michael Brown's mother, that I will pursue justice with the family at every avenue, be it on the federal level or at the state level.

I made a promise to Michael Brown's parents that I would do everything to bring all of the resources of the federal government to this investigation so that it is transparent; so that it is a viable investigation, and we get to the truth.

I went to Ferguson and walked with the demonstrators and saw this heavily armed police force, tactical units pointing sniper rifles at my constituents who were there exercising their constitutional rights.

I have absolutely no confidence in the Ferguson police, the county prosecutor.

Just to assassinate Michael Brown's character is wrong.

It is critical that low-income consumers have access to alternative products and services such as rent-to-own. It gives working-class families opportunities to obtain decent household items without incurring the burden of debt.