Family Of Black Man Shot By Brooklyn Cop To Al Sharpton: Stay Away, And Stop Exploiting His Death
A family member of 28-year-old Akai Gurley, an unarmed man shot and killed by a rookie police officer in a public housing stairwell, is reportedly speaking out against Al Sharpton and accusing the TV host of exploiting the death.
“Al Sharpton came in, put his name on the situation, but has not even made one single call to the parents to Akai,” Hertenceia Peterson, Gurley’s aunt, told TMZ.
Peterson, who claimed to be speaking for Gurley’s mom as well, said Sharpton only appears interested in using the tragedy for “money and political gain.”
The aunt also said Sharpton is not welcome at the funeral or Gurley’s wake on Friday night, even though the activist recently said he plans to deliver a eulogy.
The police describe this shooting as “accidental”, why the officer had the gun out is unclear. But part of the problem was the stairway was so dark you could not see clearly. Which means you also couldn’t see that the man was black. This man’s killing appears to have absolutely nothing to do with race. But then again, neither did the Ferguson or Garner cases have any indication that race was at all a factor.
Wild Thing’s comment……..
Sharpton is a total racist.
For some reason, the News Media isn’t reporting that the supervising police officer Garner incident in NY was a female Sgt who is Black.
Our son attended a DIVINITY SCHOOL and received their diploma… What DIVINITY SCHOOL did this tax payer dodger attend?