Reverend Al Sharpton hosted a "Rally of Thanksgiving" for the charges brought against the six Baltimore officers in the case of Freddie Gray's death.
The family of Eric Garner joined Sharpton at his National Action Network headquarters Saturday morning.
During the rally, Sharpton called for three specific reforms in how alleged cases of police brutality are handled by law enforcement, including a special prosecutor in every state to handle the cases because leaving them to the discretion of local law enforcement risks bias.
"We cannot continue this random, 'Let's see what a prosecutor in a county end of politics is going to do as policing policy in the country.' Secondly, we are going to drive for federal law on body cameras on law enforcement. Thirdly, National Action Network in conjunction with the National Urban League and NAACP is going to have a massive drive for voting registration," Sharpton said.
Sharpton says that if nothing else, the prosecutor in Baltimore, State Attorney Marilyn Mosby, is proof that voting matters. She's serving her first term as an elected official, with several months on the job.
A lawyer for the police union says the Baltimore officers did nothing wrong and legal proceedings will prove it.