Al Sharpton

And now Reid's widow, Lawanda Reid, has released her own statement via the New Jersey-based National Awareness Alliance: I would like to thank Rev. Sharpton for his support and for his demand that the New Jersey Attorney General get involved in my husband’s death. However, Walter Hudson and the National Awareness Alliance have been involved before this case received national attention and I want National Awareness Alliance to continue to be the official organization fighting for justice for my husband and family. Reverend Sharpton’s involvement is not needed. According to a press release issued by NAA, "Sharpton... had been unusually silent on the matter and did not participate in any of the early protests until the story began to make national headlines."