The American People Can Be - And

People Feel Uncomfortable Talking About Racial Issues Out Of Fear That If They Express Things They Will Be Characterized In A Way That's Not Fair. I Think That There Is Still A Need For A Dialogue About Things Racial That We Have Not Engaged In.

I Am The Attorney General Of The United States. But I Am Also A Black Man.

I Think That What I'm Doing Is Right. And Election-year Politics, Which Intensifies Everything, Is Not Going To Drive Me Off That Course.

I Don't Have Any Intention Of Resigning.

It's Time To Question Laws That Senselessly Expand The Concept Of Self-defense And Sow Dangerous Conflict In Our Neighborhoods. These Laws Try To Fix Something That Was Never Broken. There Has Always Been A Legal Defense For Using Deadly Force If - And The 'if' Is Important - If No Safe Retreat Is Available. But We Must Examine Laws That Take This Further By Eliminating The Common Sense And Age-old Requirement That People Who Feel Threatened Have A Duty To Retreat, Outside Their Home, If They Can Do So Safely.