The Rev. Al Sharpton headlined his new March on Washington on Friday, delivering a fiery speech in which he demanded more legislative action to address police brutality and racial inequality in the country.
“Enough is enough,” Sharpton told a large crowd of demonstrators gathered at the Lincoln Memorial, the same spot where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech 57 years ago to the day.
“We didn’t just come today to have a show. Demonstration without legislation would not lead to change,” he said. “We come to let you know, if we will come out in these numbers in the heat, and stand in the heat, that we will stand in the polls all day long.” Continue reading.