The Rev. Al Sharpton told mourners that the body camera video “speaks for itself.”
“We understand that there are concerns about public safety. But you don’t fight crime by becoming criminals yourself,” Sharpton said.
He vowed, “We won’t stop until we hold you accountable and change this system.”
Sharpton said he wants to see the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act passed so “you have to think twice before you beat Tyre Nichols. You think twice before you shoot at someone unarmed.”
He added, “If that man had been white, you wouldn’t have beat him. … We’re asking to be treated equal.”
Sharpton, who was raised by a single mother, said he was “touched” when he heard Tyre Nichols calling for his mother on the video, “just like George Floyd was calling for his mother.”
“All he wanted to do was get home.”
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