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NORTH CHARLESTON (WCSC) - Civil Rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton said the fatal officer-involved shooting of Walter Scott was "not about black and white, it's about right and wrong."

The National Action Network president spoke on Sunday morning at the Charity Baptist Church in North Charleston where he commended North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey and Police Chief Eddie Driggers, who were both in attendance, for the arrest of former police officer Michael Slager in Scott's death.

"What this mayor did is what we've asked mayors to do all over the country. Not 'do us a favor,' just enforce the law," Sharpton said.

Sharpton called for more black officers in the North Charleston Police Department and told church members to not let presidential candidates come to South Carolina without talking about police accountability.

"I didn't come to start trouble, I came to stop trouble," Sharpton said.

Sharpton told the congregation that he was not anti-police, but "anti-police brutality" and referenced not only the video which captured Scott's shooting but other videos involving police that have made national news.

"There's been videos in other places, and they would not arrest them and charge them," Sharpton said."At least in the deep south, now you've got a bar that you've got to reach all over this country...to quit playing with the law. Either enforce the law or get out of law enforcement."

Sharpton also addressed the National Bar Association's announcement that they were seeking the immediate arrest of North Charleston police officer Clarence Habersham who responded to the shooting on the cause that he "left material facts out of his report to police."

"A man writing false reports, handing it to his superiors should not expect his superiors to cover up for him including a black cop," Sharpton said."If they're lying, you go where the liars go. It's not about white cop, black cop. It's not about black and white, it's about right and wrong."

According to Sharpton, he was with the family of Michael Brown and Eric Garner when he learned about Walter Scott's shooting.

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Al Sharpton on Walter Scott shooting: 'It's not about black and white, it's about right and wrong'