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NEW YORK, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Acclaimed film director Quentin Tarantino recently joined protesters in New York City for a rally against police brutality. Tarantino joined hundreds of demonstrators Saturday in Greenwich Village's Washington Square and even spoke publicly on stage in order the fire up the members of RiseUpOctober who organized the event.
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"This is not being dealt with, then these murdering cops would be in jail or at least be facing charges," Tarantino said to the crowd regarding police brutality. "When I see murders, I do not stand by ... I have to call a murder a murder, and I have to call the murderers the murderers."
The director's comments drew the ire of NYPD Association's President Patrick Lynch who called on the city to boycott his films."The police officers that Quentin Tarantino calls 'murderers' aren't living in one of his depraved big-screen fantasies – they're risking and sometimes sacrificing their lives to protect communities from real crime and mayhem," Lynch said.
"It's no surprise that someone who makes a living glorifying crime and violence is a cop-hater, too," he mentioned before adding that "New Yorkers need to send a message," by boycotting his films.
The event took place just days after the Tuesday-night murder of NYPD officer Randolph Holder, killed while chasing a robbery suspect. "It's like this: It's unfortunate timing, but we've flown in all these families to go and tell their stories... That cop that was killed. That's a tragedy, too," Tarantino said to the New York Post.
