Al Sharpton said violence on Black people by cops has hit a “critical point” as he advocated for federal policing laws. “I want to say loud and clear that we will fight black cops, white cops, any color cops that commit crimes against us.”
“The vicious, unjustified beating of Tyre Nichols and his ultimate death at the hands of five Memphis police officers is just the latest, painful reminder of how far America still has to go in fixing how we police our streets,” the couple said in a dual Twitter statement Saturday.
Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr., and Justin Smith, were arrested on Thursday. Sharpton said violence on Black people by cops has hit a “critical point” as he advocated for federal policing laws.“I want to say loud and clear that we will fight black cops, white cops, any color cops that commit crimes against us, ” Sharpton said.
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