do themselves. and let me be clear that we are not anti-police. you and i. you were a policeman for many years. you and i, the thousands that will march with us in washington, we are not anti-police. most police are good, risk their lives. but we are anti-having a situation where peopler police cannot even be questioned. we need to break that system and stand with those families. when you look in new york since 1999, there have been 179 fatalities involving police. only three of those officers have even been charged. only one convicted. in dallas, 81 police shootings of civilians between 2008 and 2012. only one indictment in those shootings. that s why whites, blacks and others are marching in washington tomorrow because something must be done. that data speaks to a broken
charges brought against them. something must be done to stop this national crisis. joining me now, mark claxton, former new york city police officer and director of black law enforcement alliance. thank you for being here tonight, mark. thank you, rev. mark, you know, i m in washington. tomorrow i join five of these high profile families to have a rally and march. something must be done around policing and the congress must act. it s gonna be big. have all these tragedies brought us to a national tipping point with policing? we re truly hoping so. i think that you can t discount the level of activism that has occurred, most recently. but also, we just can t discount that which has been done historically. i mean, you ve been very active and involved in that, in
panta layio, all other officers, ems workers, they failed me. when i see them, i have asthma, and i m scared. i m scared that one day i will say, i can t breathe, and nobody won t help me. earlier in the day, we saw another dramatic display in washington. dozens of black congressional staff members staged a walk-out on the steps of the capitol, and put their hands up to protest police killings in america. this issue isn t going away. in fact, the calls for justice are getting louder. that s why my civil rights organization, the national action network, along with other civil rights groups, will lead a justice for all march in washington tomorrow. i ll march with the families of eric garner, michael brown jr, akai gurley, tamir rice, and trayvon martin. for more information go to our
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