::THE SLICE REPORT WITH MONA AUSTIN

(The Slice): During the eulogy of George Floyd Rev. Al Sharpton figuratively called for America to get off the neck of African Americans, an act a police officer literally initiated in the execution of the deceased. While trying to bring a sense of hope the leader of the National Action Network admitted that in times like this he has felt hope was abashed. Sharpton put many entities on blast for perpetuating the type of racism that was compounded to spur the movement for justice now taking place in the form of protests throughout the nation. "We don't want any favors. Get off of us and we can do and be whatever we want to be," said Sharpton. "The reason we could not be what we wanted to be is because you kept your knee on our neck." A self-proclaimed blower-upper" Sharpton, who hosts Politics Nation on MSNBC, also referred to Pres. Trump without mentioning his name as "that man" for holding up the Bible in front of St. John'...