In a Saturday rally in Harlem, Rev. Al Sharpton addressed the latest body camera footage release of the deadly Memphis police beating of Tyre Nichols and pledged to continue to take on any police brutality against African Americans no matter the race of the police officers.
"It is time to come to terms with policing in America," the president of the National Action Network said at his weekly rally at the House of Justice in Harlem."The nation was shocked at seeing that black and white video of the police beating Rodney King senselessly over a traffic violation.""Here I am now, in 2023, and I'm looking at another video. This [new video] in color where I'm seeing another black man being beaten to death. Rodney didn't die.
Sharpton reflected on how he started his organization around the time of the beating of Rodney King, a black man who was a victim of Los Angeles police brutality in 1991. The Friday night release of the police body camera footage showing a traffic stop turned fatal physical attack on 29-year old Nichols has been receiving Rodney King comparisons.
Sharpton reflected on his conversations with Nichols's parents and shared his observation that he found it"stunning" how the police officers made conflicting messages in what they said and did in the body camera footage. He went on to allege the officers were setting up"a cover up while they were committing the act."
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