Rev. Al Sharpton vows to 'close the city down' after cops' acquittal in Bell trial

AP ^ | 4/25/08 | staff

[jazusamo]

If anyone can incite a riot, Al Sharpton can. That must have been his college major.

[Publius6961]

That's nice.

Now tell us how you feel about double jeopardy...

[nyyankeefan]

Rev. Al Sharpton vows to ‘close the city down’ after cops’ acquittal in Bell trial...

his main speaker will be tawana brawley and the big event will be in the ashes of freddy’s mart where he will call whites interlopers!!!!!

[windsorknot]

Are these the very people that celebrated when OJ was acquitted?

[durasell]

In this case it’s part of that grand NYC tradition of arguing about a thing until everyone gets bored and wanders away to get something to eat.

[Dr. Ursus]

True,True.You just have to look at the murder rates in chicago,philly and new orleans. The media in New York was trying their best to whip-up rioting. I guess they raise their advertising rates during riots?

[Canedawg]

“Ummmm, weren’t 2 of the 3 cops black?”

Please, don’t let the facts get in the way of a good race rant. /sarc

[Publius6961]

Are these the very people that celebrated when OJ was acquitted?

I've had a couple of years' worth of popcorn waiting for the American so-called "Black Leadership" to be indicted, convicted and jailed under the RICO Laws.

Is it just me?

[EDINVA]

The article says 2 of the 3 were black.

Has anyone ever calculated how many black lives the NYPD saves in a given year by risking their own lives to apprehend criminals in black neighborhoods? We only hear when officers kill a black. Of course, any such acknowledgement would cut into Sharpton’s money machine and camera time.

[durasell]

The last riot NYC had was the Hasidim. I believe they set a cardboard box on fire.

[Rosemont]

Fat Liberal Al is practicing his riot squads for Denver

[edcoil]

Thanks. First time I saw all three together. I has seen the first one once or twice.

[NoGrayZone]

“Ummmm, weren’t 2 of the 3 cops black?”

Please, don’t let the facts get in the way of a good race rant. /sarc

[stylin19a]

The Rev. Al Sharpton, who represented the Bell family, angrily denounced the verdicts on his radio show later and called on his followers to protest the outcome, but without violence.

Unless the Rev is also a lawyer, I wonder what "represented" means ?

[NoGrayZone]

Np!!!!

[seoul62]

To be specific: one is Lebanese, one is Latino, one is Black. Fellow Freepers, I live in Queens/New York: so no shout-outs for riots, okay??? Peel beneath the surface, there is under-lying resentment that is always simmering in the Black community, and it only takes one incident to set the kettle off. The sad part is, it is always these incidents and the race stokers: Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Reverend Al Sharpton, Politicians: Charles Baron - I want to slap a White person: that shape and define the Black community, the good hard-working and educated folk never get a headline - oh, that’s right they are called: UNCLE TOMS....../Just Asking - seoul62........

[UCANSEE2]

AL SHARPTON: "My clients innocent? Ya gotta be kidding me. Sure they had guns, look at the neighborhood they were in. And they was drunk. And they tried to run over the po-leece after being told to put their hands up. It's just like that thing with the Black Panthers you did, Hillary."

"I can see the $50,000,000 coming, I can see the $50,000,000 coming. Praise the Lord!"

HILLARY: " So when do I get my cut?"

[RayChuang88]

Rev. Al Sharpton is hurting the chances of Barack Hussein Obama.

I think Senator Obama's links to African-Americans who have virilent racist views against non-blacks is going to end up costing him the White House. If Obama gets the nomination a lot of Democrats will NOT want to vote for him, given the sordid history of African-American leadership since the 1960's.

[bannie]

Rev. Al Sharpton is hurting the chances of Barack Hussein Obama.

You know ol' Al. If he doesn't get a piece of the proverbial pie, he'd rather that the pie didn't exist.

[4buttons]

if the guy had married the woman before he
knocked her up (twice), he wouldn't have been having a
bachelor party in that sewer.