'If this was being dealt with, these murdering cops would be in jail': Quentin Tarantino leads NYC rally against police brutality

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Quentin Tarantino took to the streets to march against perceived police brutality on Saturday in New York City.

The Oscar-winning director and screenwriter, who has produced blood-soaked films like Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, feels that the issue is not taken seriously enough.

'This is not being dealt with in anyway at all. That's why we are out here. If it was being dealt with, then these murdering cops would be in jail or at least be facing charges,' he said, according to AFP.

The rally, which was organized by was Carl Dix of the Revolutionary Communist Party and author and activist Dr. Cornel West, spanned three days in midtown Manhattan. It was dubbed #RiseUpOctober. 

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Famed director Quentin Tarantino (above) joined the #RiseUpOctober 'Say Their Name' really in New York City on Saturday

Tarantino, whose movies like Kill Bill and Django Unchained, are chock-full of violence, has said he does not believe that make-believe violence can cause real violence 

'Say Their Names': Director Quentin Tarantino read the names of several men who had been killed by police 

The esteemed director, who in the past has said that film is 'fantasy' and has no bearing on real life violence, blasted law enforcement for the killing of a 12-year-old in Cleveland, Ohio.

'A 12-year-old black male child,' he said, as the crowd chanted his name, Tamir Rice. 'On November 22, 2014, Tamir was playing with a toy gun in the park.' 

'After a 911 call where the person calling said the gun was probably a fake and the person holding it was probably a juvenile, the police rushed on to the scene and shot Tamir within two seconds.'

'Then they knocked down and handcuffed his sister, and locked her in the police car. They would not allow his mother to hold her lifeless child who lie dead in the street.'

Tarantino lead the three-day protest, which began on Thursday, as hundreds gathered to voice outrage at their loved ones being killed by police 

The Pulp Fiction director spoke out against police brutality and highlighted recent perceived cases of it including the killings of Michael Brown and Freddie Gray

Tarantino spoke out over the police killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was killed when he brandished a toy gun in a park that had been stripped of its orange markings - Tarantino's speech has been uploaded to YouTube

Tarantino, who penned violence films like Natural Born Killers, crusades against police brutality (above)

Director Quentin Tarantino attends a protest to denounce police brutality

'For almost a year there's been no charges filed and not even a grand jury selected.'

'Friends said Tamir was a gifted artist and very creative.'

City prosecutors have not yet charged the two officers involved with a crime, although a judge had recommended it.

The director also highlighted the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old unarmed black man who died in the back of a police van.

His death triggered days of riots throughout the city. 

He also mentioned Antonio Guzmán López, a 38-year-old unarmed man shot dead by San Jose State University Police as well as Michael Brown, an 18-year-old black teen shot by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, whose death also sparked violent protests.

The 'Say Their Names' rally drew hundreds of people who chanted the names of 250 people who had been killed by police.

Approximately 929 people have been killed by police in the U.S. so far this year, according to The Guardian, with blacks more than twice as likely to be shot.