(New York, NY)—Civil Rights leader and National Action Network (NAN) President and founder
Rev. Al Sharpton met with Attorney General Jeff Sessions on
Tuesday, March 7, 2017, along with other leading civil rights group
principals. In the meeting, Rev. Sharpton and Attorney General Sessions
discussed objections to the current travel ban, the
weakening of voting rights and the TX Voter ID case, the Walter Scott
and Eric Garner cases, and the Civil Rights Division not interfering
with the use of consent decrees.
In
addition, Rev. Sharpton and Attorney General Sessions spoke about the
lack of outrage from the Attorney General’s office around the current
hate crimes against various citizens.
According to Rev. Sharpton: “We were not hostile, but we showed holy
indignation.”
Attending the meeting along with Rev. Al Sharpton were Marc Morial, CEO of the National Urban League, Wade Henderson,
President and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Melanie L. Campbell,
President and CEO of the National
Coalition on Black Civic Participation and convener of the Black Women’s
Roundtable Public Policy Network, Sherilynn Ifill,
President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and
Kristen Clarke, President of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
Source: Mercury
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