(New
York, NY)—Civil Rights leader and National Action Network (NAN)
President and founder Rev. Al Sharpton will meet with Attorney
General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday, March 7, 2017,
along with other civil rights groups.
Two weeks ago, the Attorney
General called Rev. Sharpton and five other civil rights leaders from
civil rights organizations and they agreed to meet.
Rev. Sharpton unveiled the agenda during his Saturday Action Rally at NAN’s House of Justice this morning and it’s to discuss the following issues:
The DOJ and the Texas Voter-ID law that’s in the courts in Texas: Last week the DOJ announced it will withdrawal from the
position that Texas lawmakers
purposefully discriminated against voters of color by passing the
nation’s strictest voter identification law in 2011. The laws
were found to be discriminatory in the previous Administration
under President Barack Obama and Attorney General Loretta Lynch. Rev.
Sharpton and NAN will state that voting rights should not be in any way
compromised. Attorney General Sessions has supported the gutting of the
Voting Rights Act.
Criminal
Justice Reform and specific issues that are before Congress including
the federal indictment of the policeman that killed Walter Scott
and shot him in the back. National Action Network wants to be clear
that the Justice Department will move forward.
The Status of the investigation of the Eric Garner chokehold case
Criminal Justice Reform
Additional information will be provided soon.
Source: Mercury