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Civil rights leader and Reverend Al Sharpton was in Washington when he heard the news.

"There is no Attorney General that has demonstrated a civil rights record equal to Eric Holder's," said Sharpton.

Sharpton was in Washington with Eric Garner's mother and the parents of Michael Brown, demanding Holder intervene in the criminal investigations into the deaths of the two unarmed black men, killed by police.

Garner died from a chokehold as cops tried to arrest him for selling loose cigarettes on Staten Island; Brown died from police bullets in Ferguson, Missouri.

"If you have the federal government that does not depend on local police, you have a more objective and fair investigation that protects everyone," Sharpton said.

"We are here also to ask for justice and we need it now," said Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner.

Sharpton is planning what he calls a "hands up" march in Washington this fall; to symbolize, he said, that both men died while their arms were raised.

As for the investigation, Sharpton acknowledges Holder's resignation could pose some problems, especially if Republicans win control of the Senate this fall and are responsible for confirming Holder's successor. It's for that reason, Sharpton wants Holder to take action now.

"I hope if the reports are right, before he leaves, he ends it by addressing these two specific cases," Sharpton said.

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