You got to give this family credit.
Rev. Al Sharpton's Ferguson 'circus' not wanted by family of cop shooting victim Walter Scott, report says
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Hoping to avoid a Ferguson style "circus," The family doesn't want the Rev. Al Sharpton to attend the funeral for alleged police shooting victim Walter Scott, according to the Daily News.
"We don't want another Ferguson type of circus here," a source close to the Scott family in South Carolina was quoted as saying in the Daily News.
The family reportedly was referring to Sharpton's speech at the funeral for black teen Michael Brown who was fatally shot by a white police officer who wasn't charged in the incident in Ferguson, Mo., sparking numerous protests.
Rev. Sharpton, head of the National Action Network based in Harlem, reportedly has no plans to show up at the funeral.
On Wednesday, Rev. Sharpton issued as statement saying that he spoke with the Scott family attorney, Chris Stewart, and soon planned to visit the community of North Charleston, S.C., where Scott was shot. The National Action Network's South Carolina chapter leaders were meeting with the family, Sharpton said.
Patrolman Michael Thomas Slager has been charged in the shooting of Scott who was fleeing from a traffic stop on Saturday.
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