WASHINGTON - Details were announced Tuesday for a planned August march on Washington, D.C. for criminal justice reform, an event that will be attended by Rev.
Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III, among others.Dubbed “The Commitment March: Get Your Knee Off Our Necks,” the Aug. 28 event will also be attended by civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, who is representing the family of George Floyd, as well as the families of police brutality victims.Rev.
Al Sharpton speaks during the Juneteenth celebration in the Greenwood District on June 19, 2020 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (Photo by Michael B.
Thomas/Getty Images) The event, organized by the National Action Network, will coincide with the 57th anniversary of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s March.