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Graphic Video [HERE] From [HERE] and [HERE] The Rev. Al Sharpton has pledged to come to Saginaw to bring more national attention if there is not an announcement soon about the Milton Hall death investigation. Meanwhile, the Rev. Charles Williams II, a civil rights leader from Detroit, will add to an already substantial presence expected Friday as out-of-towners come to Saginaw to put pressure on authorities to release the outcome of investigations in the July 1 Saginaw police shooting of Milton Hall, a homeless man who was armed with a knife. Williams, president of the National Action Network Michigan, spoke on Sharpton's radio show at 1 p.m. today.
Hill had been had been arguing with officers in a parking lot next to a shuttered restaurant when he was shot in broad daylight, in full view of passing motorists and while he was holding some sort of knife. Saginaw County Prosecutor Michael Thomas said that the squad of police confronting him opened fire "because apparently, at this point in time, he was threatening to assault police." However, in the video Hall does not make any sudden or threatening movement toward police. He appears to stagger around. Police had a police dog on a leash in front of Hall so they had other opitions at their disposal -- but apparently chose to use their guns instead. He was murdered by cops with a reported 46 shots in a five-second hail of bullets.