Michael Moore: Disarm police, free nonviolent criminals

Filmmaker Michael Moore is stirring up debate today with a series of tweets on race and police brutality in America.

In his tweets, the Michigan native demanded that all African Americans incarcerated for drug crimes or nonviolent offenses be released from prison today.

He also called for all police to be disarmed.

Read his tweets here:

On disarming the police:

His tweets come during a time of national unrest spurred by police violence toward men of color, including the recent death of Freddie Gray, which prompted rioting in Baltimore.