feh...
Posted on 05/19/2011 6:50:46 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Al Sharpton may have mellowed - but he still won't apologize for the Tawana Brawley debacle.
A quarter-century later after he whipped up racial tensions over the incendiary case, Sharpton still stands by a story that the courts of law and public opinion long ago ruled a hoax.
Pressed on CBS' "60 Minutes" to explain why he never apologized for accusations that proved false, Sharpton said, "I don't know that."
"I have thought about that a million times," Sharpton said. "I just don't believe they treated that case fair."
Back in 1987, 15-year-old Brawley claimed she had been abducted and raped for four days by a group of white men, at least one a cop. She was found in a garbage bag, covered in feces and charcoal-scrawled racial epithets.
Sharpton, a brash young activist and minister, took over publicity for Brawley and made inflammatory accusations of a massive cover up, naming an assistant district attorney as one of the rapists.
The case fell apart when the grand jury refused to indict, citing no physical evidence of rape and witnesses who saw Brawley when she was supposed to have been held captive.
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Al Sharpton should be ignored for the steaming pile that he is, ditto foe Je$$ie Jagmo.
Sorry; I didn’t read all the comments before posting and pretty much echoed what you said.
One of the reasons I quit watching Hannity was that he had Sharpton on a lot and always introduced him as "my very good friend, the Reverend Al Sharpton", I wanted to gag every time I heard that.
You won’t apologize? Congratulations...you’re a double a**h*le.
For some reason, I had problems spelling that word in the 4th or 5th grade spelling class, that and the word "yacht", (and a few others) still do but now I have good old spell check.
Yes, I know the poster you corrected used an entirely different word - I'm capable of that too and when it happens, there's no help from spell check.
Sharpton didn’t “handle” anything about that case. He stirred up the angry mob and let THEM handle it.
Agree 100%. It is outrageous that any news outlet gives him credibility as a “leader”.
Sharpton, you don’t have to apologize.
T*rds never apologize for their stink and bacteria...that’s just how they are.
And the rest of us just wish we could flush you.
Twice.
For me, it was my problems with the word "which" that drove my parents up the wall when I was in 4th or 5th grade.
Arrogant liar protecting liars.
“Reverend,” ya might want to think about what the Good Book says about bearing false witness, esp. in His name...
feh...
Why would a racist oapologize for being a racist? Would a barking dog apologize for being a barking dog?
He’s a con artist and liar. His mother was a Sharpei. See his photo at the NY newspaper article if you don’t believe me.
This mf should never be sought for his opinion again.
“malignant narcissist”
Do you have anyone in particular on you mind?
I think we all know who.
Why would Sharpton apologize? He has no honor to defend, no national interest, no America he will defend and is universally known as a race baiter. Let the man talk......and continue to show us who he really is.
He was permitted to participant in the debates as any other candidate, not shunned by party or media.
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