Quentin Tarantino joins New York protest against police brutality

Director Quentin Tarantino (C) participates in the NY rally against police brutality, Saturday, October 24, 2015, in New York.

The protest was also joined by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Quentin Tarantino and academic Cornel West who rallied along others in Manhattan’s Washington Square Park before marching about two miles along the Sixth Avenue.

A database compiled by the Guardian newspaper says almost 930 people have been killed by police in the United States so far this year. New Yorkers need to send a message to this purveyor of degeneracy that he has no business coming to our city to peddle his slanderous “Cop Fiction”.

Quentin Tarantino’s films are renowned for slick dialogue and unflinching violence.

Several demonstrators were arrested Saturday evening during the “Rise Up October” march denouncing police brutality.

Protesters carried pictures of people killed by police officers – predominantly young black men – at a time when relations between the police and the public are under scrutiny.

The rally came just four days after NYPD officer Randolph Holder was shot in the head while chasing an armed suspect in East Harlem.

Tarantino, who flew in from California for the event, said he was “on the side of the murdered”. “If it was being dealt with, then these murdering cops would be in jail or at least be facing charges”. His lawyer has said there are missing details in the case. New York’s mayor and police commissioner have said they are serious about enacting smart reforms to build trust between police and communities.