BALTIMORE — Protesters in Baltimore criticized the Rev. Al Sharpton and other national civil rights leaders Thursday for turning them away from a meeting about the community.

“I wanted to give my voice,” Shamar Gordon, 17, said after being blocked from the summit at the New Shiloh Baptist Church.

After Sharpton discussed protests in Baltimore and New York with Mayor Bill de Blasio, he met at the Baltimore church with the presidents of the NAACP and the National Urban League and “Charm City” Mayor Stephanie Williams-Blake at what was billed as a summit to “support the city of Baltimore” and “improve community-police relations.”

But when a dozen youths and other residents showed up, they were told the meeting was invitation-only.

“Reverend Sharpton?” Gordon said. “Al Sharpton need to roll out!”

After a tense hallway discussion, leaders let the group in and a community representative spoke at the end.

Sharpton suggested a follow-up forum for the city’s youth. “We need to come in and sit down and hear them,” Sharpton said.[theplatform account=”4uMbOC” media=”media/guid/2389494712/U_2U2YD1YqRQpmPc3czMsLQ5tDf1Wuum” player=”gm_EJGhnGLiu”]