March on Washington highlights generational divide on police reform
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Demonstrators gather at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on Friday as Rev. Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III lead a Commitment March to fight for criminal justice reform. Demonstrators gather at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on Friday as Rev. Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III lead a Commitment March to fight for criminal justice reform in solidarity with those who have lost loved ones at the hands of the police and to push for federal legislation against misconduct. Albright argued that the march’s timing didn’t match the needs of the moment, saying that hosting a national gathering like Sharpton’s could alienate younger grassroots activists who’ve spent months organizing protests and other direct action. It is also why the gathering’s full title is the “Get Your Knee Off Our Necks Commitment March,” to underline the grassroots’ role in pushing through sweeping legislative changes.Speakers harkened back to the Civil Rights Act of 1965, which was made possible, in part, by the original March on Washington in 1963. Scott Mahaskey/POLITICO“The message is not just for continuous symbols of marches but for true change for police brutality cases,” Alston said in an interview?
As said here by Maya King