Press Releases

REV. AL SHARPTON & NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK (NAN) CONTINUES TO CALL FOR THE LEGALIZATION & DECRIMINALIZATION OF MARIJUANA IN THE WAKE OF PUBLISHED REPORTS REGARDING A DISPROPORTIONALITY OF ARRESTS TARGETING BLACKS AND HISPANICS IN NYC

BACKGROUND

Rev. Al Sharpton & NAN to be joined by NYC City Council Speaker Corey Johnson & other elected officials as NAN continues to call for the legalization & decriminalization of marijuana in the wake of published reports regarding a disproportionality of arrests targeting blacks and hispanics in NYC

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Rev. Sharpton & NAN to call for a meeting a with Police Commissioner O’Neill

WHO

Civil Rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton, President of National Action Network; New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson and other elected officials; Minister Kirsten John Foy, Northeast Regional Director of National Action Network

WHERE

Press conference at New York City Hall – The RED Room

WHEN

TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2018 – 10:30 A.M.