Father of Police Brutality Victim Rebukes Wal-Mart
At Rev. Al Sharpton #39;s Police Brutality March on Sat. Dec. 13, John Crawford, Jr. spoke about the death of his son at the hands of police in an Ohio-area Wal-Mart.
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Tamir Rice #39;s Mother: "Please Don #39;t Shoot - I Want to Grow Up, Too"
Samiria Rice, the mother of the 12-year-old shot by police for playing with a toy gun, addresses Al Sharpton #39;s Police Brutality March in DC on Sat., Dec. 13, 2014.
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Al Sharpton Confronts an All-Consuming Issue: Racial Makeup of Hollywood Studios
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Al Sharpton Unintetested in Hispanic NYPD Stomping on Head
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The Rev. Al Sharpton met with Sony Chairman Amy Pascal this morning about the racial remarks in private emails that were leaked after the company was hacked, and while he said that they discussed possible routes for improved relations, he did not let her off the hook.
"The jury is still out with where we go with Amy," Sharpton said at a news conference after his meeting with Pascal.
Pascal is the chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment and her leaked emails garnered a lot of attention. She has already apologized for the contents of the emails, but said that the private messages "are not an accurate reflection of who I am."
That was not enough for Sharpton, however, who said that she called his advocacy organization, the National Action Network, as soon as the inappropriate remarks were released.
"I said to her at that time that the climate and environment of Hollywood only confirms the type of language that was used in those emails," Sharpton said today.
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PHOTO: Co-Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment Amy Pascal attends the Premiere of Columbia Pictures' 'The Interview' at The Theatre at Ace Hotel Downtown LA on Dec. 11, 2014 in Los Angeles, Calif.
"Being that Hollywood is an environment that still resembles 1950s America, it is a context that confirms the language," he said.
Sharpton did confirm that the National Action Network, as well as the NAACP, the National Urban League and the Black Women's Roundtable, will work with executives from Sony about ways to increase and improve racial diversity in the entertainment industry.
"Our interest is in changing Hollywood ... seeing to it that Sony is on the right side of changing Hollywood," said Mark Morial, the president of the National Urban League who appeared alongside Sharpton during today's new conference.
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