Quentin Tarantino might soon see a decline in sales of his films, as the New York police union called for a boycott of his flicks on Sunday after the Oscar-winning director marched in a protest against police shootings in Manhattan over the weekend.
Quentin Tarantino joined hundreds of other protestors on Saturday at Washington Square in Greenwich Village, New York as the march made its way along Sixth Avenue.
The protest is just one of the series of demonstrations that was organized by the New York group RiseUpOctober over the past week. Speakers at the protest claimed that they seek justice for victims killed by the police.
USA Today reports:
"According to the Associated Press, the protesters walked past lines of police officers who had cordoned off a lane of traffic for them. As they moved, those with megaphones shouted stories of the slain as others waved signs with photos of the dead, mostly young black men, and the dates and places of their deaths."
Speaking to reporters, Tarantino said he flew to New York all the way from California to join the protest. Quentin Tarantino said:
"I'm a human being with a conscience. [...] And if you believe there's murder going on then you need to rise up and stand up against it. I'm here to say I'm on the side of the murdered."
Patrick Lynch, head of the police union, Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, issued a statement on the union's website on Sunday, where he lashes out on Quentin Tarantino:
"It's no surprise that someone who makes a living glorifying crime and violence is a cop-hater, too. [...] 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.
"New Yorkers needs to send a message to this purveyor of degeneracy that he has no business coming to our city to peddle his slanderous 'Cop Fiction.' It's time for a boycott of Quentin Tarantino's films."
Quentin Tarantino net worth is $100 million.