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On his segment of today's CNN Newsroom, anchor Rick Sanchez went for the hat trick, likening Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to the infamous Theophilus “Bull” Connor, Birmingham, Alabama’s late segregationist police commissioner who ruthlessly used police attack dogs and fire hoses to thwart 1963 civil rights demonstrators, no fewer than three times. Sanchez prefaced his interview with the Arizona sheriff: Well, perhaps not since Bull Connor whose aggressive police tactics against blacks in the South sparked civil rights legislation in 1964 has our country seen a showdown like the one going on right now between Maricopa County sheriff Joe...

The Rev. Al Sharpton is ready for a Rush to judgment. The civil rights leader, typically impervious to insults, said Saturday that he will sue Rush Limbaugh for defamation unless he gets an apology from the right-wing radio host. Sharpton was outraged by a Limbaugh op-ed piece in The Wall Street Journal that blamed him for the 1991 Crown Heights riot and a 1995 killing spree at a Harlem store. "I am definitely going to prove he makes reckless, unaccountable statements," Sharpton said. "Which is why he was forced out of buying an NFL team in the first place." Limbaugh...

NEW YORK (AP) - The Rev. Al Sharpton on Saturday threatened to sue conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh for writing in a column that the civil rights leader played a role in two New York race riots. In a column published by the Wall Street Journal on Saturday about his derailed bid to become part-owner of the St. Louis Rams, he accuses Sharpton and the Rev. Jesse Jackson of making comments that helped get him booted from a group that was trying to buy the NFL team. Limbaugh derided Sharpton as having played "a leading role in the 1991 Crown...

Say you're sorry, Rush - or the the Rev. Al Sharpton is suing. The civil rights activist, angered by a Wall Street Journal op-ed piece written by Rush Limbaugh, threatened a defamation lawsuit Saturday against the conversative talk radio host. "Unless Mr. Limbaugh apologizes and clarifies his statements, attorneys for Rev. Sharpton will move forward with a lawsuit," said a statement from Sharpton. Limbaugh lashed out at Sharpton over his failed attempt to purchase a piece of the St. Louis Rams. Sharpton "played a leading role in the 1991 Crown Heights riot (he called neighborhood Jews 'diamond merchants') and 1995...

Video of Former NBA Player John Salley stating majority of white America hates Obama because 200 some odd days ago they loved him. Doesn't this statement seem a tad contradictory to anyone? I mean they voted for him because he was "great", now they hate him because he is "black". Is anyone else beyond sick of this garbage yet?

On Friday’s Newsroom, CNN’s Rick Sanchez correctly pointed out that a full-page color ad by the Fox News Channel incorrectly claimed that his network missed the massive September 12 Tea Party rally in Washington, DC, but went on to paper over CNN’s own double-standard on covering left-wing protests versus conservative protests. Sanchez also accused Fox News of trying to “promote” the Tea Parties. During the segment, which began 13 minutes into the 3 pm Eastern hour, the CNN anchor seemed to be perturbed by Fox News’s ad, which ran in the Washington Post on Friday with one main line: “How...

(CINCINNATI, Ohio) - Joe Wilson, real name "Addison" presents himself as a hard boiled combat veteran, retired Army colonel and all around tough guy. He belongs to "white supremacist" organizations, fought hard to keep the Confederate flag in South Carolina and, when an aide to the notorious racist Strom Thurmond admitted Thurmond had a half African-American daughter, Wilson abused and threatened the woman in an attempt to shut her up. His real record is Vietnam. Born in 1947, Wilson was prime material for the Vietnam War. After taking deferment after deferment for college and law school, in 1972, Wilson was...

By PUMA Pundit on September 2, 2009 Remember, the Dept. of Education expects your kids to read books on the life of Barack Obama before the monumental speech on September 8th, well here’s a look at two of the books that shall be used: The first book is aptly titled: Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope and here is the description, direct from the Publisher’s Website: Ever since Barack Obama was young, Hope has lived inside him. From the beaches of Hawaii to the streets of Chicago, from the jungles of Indonesia to the plains of Kenya, he...

Race Baiter in Chief Gary Aldrich Friday, July 24, 2009 I am angry and I am offended. As a former law enforcement officer who spent 26 years carrying a badge and a gun, when the President of the United States talks about law enforcement, believe me, I listen. So when the president says something really ignorant – when he should know better - I am doubly disappointed. If the country wanted to elect Jessie Jackson or Al Sharpton as president we already had that chance. Many thought Obama was an educated, reasonable, objective man. Instead, I think we have just...

BOSTON – Many police officers across the country have a message for President Barack Obama: Get all the facts before criticizing one of our own. Obama's public criticism that Cambridge officers "acted stupidly" when they arrested black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. could make it harder for police to work with people of color, some officers said Thursday. It could even set back the progress in race relations that helped Obama become the nation's first African-American president, they said.

Al Sharpton and his group, the National Action Network (NAN), have been fined $285,000 by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for violating a host of election laws during Sharpton’s 2004 presidential campaign during which he received 2% of the Democratic primary vote. NLPC, which filed Complaints against Sharpton on February 2, 2004 and February 6, 2004, was notified of the FEC action last week and make it public today. As NLPC Chairman Ken Boehm was quoted in the New York Post today: We are pleased that the FEC has ruled on our Complaint and found that Sharpton ran an “off...

[From Drudge Report:] "NY Governor enlisting support of black community; wife suggests people uncomfortable with his race... Developing..."

EDITORIAL The Nativists Are Restless Published: January 31, 2009 The relentlessly harsh Republican campaign against immigrants has always hidden a streak of racialist extremism. Now after several high-water years, the Republican tide has gone out, leaving exposed the nativism of fringe right-wingers clinging to what they hope will be a wedge issue. Last week at the National Press Club in Washington, a group seeking to speak for the future of the Republican Party declared that its November defeats in Congressional races stemmed not from having been too hard on foreigners, but too soft. The group, the American Cause, released a...

Benediction at Obama's inauguration, Rev. Joseph Lowery: 'Lord, in the memory of all the saints who from their labors rest, and in the joy of a new beginning, we ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get in the back, when brown can stick around... when the red man can get ahead man; and when white will embrace what is right. That all those who do justice and love mercy say Amen. Say Amen'...

Obama: Tilting at Racial Windmills By John Perazzo FrontPageMagazine.com | Tuesday, December 16, 2008 In an interview published December 10th in the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times, Barack Obama stated that one of his top priorities as president will be to put an end to racial discrimination in the criminal-justice system. This pledge is consistent with his oft-repeated campaign promise to “eliminate disparities in criminal sentencing,” most notably “the disparity between sentencing [for] crack and powder-based cocaine,” which Obama said was “wrong and should be completely eliminated.” At a presidential primary debate in January 2008, Obama asserted that...

Now I am in no way throwing in the towel, but I can not live with the sinking feeling of despair for another two weeks. An Obama Presidency will lead to more handouts for the poor and lazy. Pro-abortion and anti gun Supreme court nominations will further the liberal agenda. Increasing Muslim support will undermine Isreals attempt to protect itself. The silver lining to this is people will see what is happening to our American ideals and swing from the left to the right. America always goes from one extreme to the other. This will be no exception. While it...

Albany, N.Y. (AP) -- New York Gov. David Paterson said Tuesday that there were racial overtones in the Republican presidential ticket's criticism of Democrat Barack Obama's work as a community organizer. "There are overtones of potential racial coding in the campaign," Paterson said at an event in New York City.

Jesse Jackson must have been forgiven by the Sen. Barack Obama campaign and welcomed into its inner circle. Because it sure seems as if he's giving the campaign advice. Responding to a Sen. John McCain ad knocking him as a world celebrity, Obama essentially accused the McCain campaign of race-baiting. It was a hair-trigger resort to the charge of racism of the sort that Jackson built a career on, making himself radioactive and anathema to the political center. In 24 hours, Obama had lurched his carefully crafted brand in Jackson's direction. And for what? The McCain ad intersperses footage of...

According to Jackson, a Fox News microphone picked up comments he meant to deliver privately that seemed to disparage the presumptive Democratic nominee for appearing to lecture the black community on morality. "For any harm or hurt that this hot mic private conversation may have caused, I apologize," Jackson said in a statement issued to CNN. "My support for Senator Obama’s campaign is wide, deep and unequivocal. I cherish this redemptive and historical moment."

Still bitter from his spanking at the hands of Clint Eastwood (background here), conspiracy nut and race-monger Spike Lee is clinging to Barack Obama for revenge. He told a film festival crowd this week that he has gathered 1,000 hours of footage of his Obamessiah on the campaign trail and will produce a documentary about the candidate. The dour director instantly cheered up. Via SilverDocs, Lee gloats: Discussing his Hurricane Katrina epic When the Levees Broke, Lee referenced the current flooding in the midwest and said, “The infrastructure of this country is crumbling, and money’s going elsewhere.” He paused, then...

Showbiz Tonight's Brooke Anderson reports on the war of words between filmmakers Spike Lee and Clint Eastwood.

NEW YORK (AP) - Hundreds of angry people marched through Harlem on Saturday after the Rev. Al Sharpton promised to "close this city down" to protest the acquittals of three police detectives in the 50-shot barrage that killed a groom on his wedding day and wounded two friends. "We strategically know how to stop the city so people stand still and realize that you do not have the right to shoot down unarmed, innocent civilians," Sharpton told an overflow crowd of several hundred people at his National Action Network office in the historically black Manhattan neighborhood. "This city is going...

His racially charged rhetoric is tiresome, particularly during a week dedicated to MLK's memory - Maybe it would have been asking too much to expect Jake and Isaac Ford to hold their peace, at least for a couple of days. Jake Ford, who filed qualifying paperwork Thursday to run for the Ninth Congressional District seat as an independent, wasted no time in taking his campaign on a detour down the low road. Jake Ford suggested that incumbent U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen is unable to represent the district because Cohen is white and the majority of the district's residents are black....

Biography The Rev. OTIS MOSS III is the newly appointed pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. Otis recently moved to Chicago from Augusta, Georgia, where he was pastor of Tabernacle Church. He was a Ford Foundation Scholar and All-American Track and Field athlete at Morehouse College, before earning a Master of Divinity degree from Yale University. [Biographical information is correct as of the broadcast date noted above.] Watch the Video Sermon Watch the Video Interview Download Audio.mp3 Please right-click the link to display your browser's "save as" options. _________________ "The People Who Could Fly" There is a...

On today's Morning Joe, devoted Obamacan Mika Brzezinski did her best to diffuse the pickle Barack Obama is in over the extremist statements made by his personal spiritual advisor, the Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright, Jr. Over the course of the three-hour show, Mika variously and repeatedly: * mentioned that Obama has already distanced himself from Wright. * pointed out that the Clinton campaign has its own race-related problems, as with Bill in S.C. and the recent Ferraro flap. * implied that the Clinton campaign might be behind the recent emergence of the Wright tapes. And then there was my favorite....

CHICAGO — Barack Obama's controversial pastor and the church he's served for 36 years may be in hot water over statements he has made from the pulpit in support of the Illinois senator's run for the White House. The Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. preaches that he follows the righteous path, but when it comes to the federal tax law, his Trinity United Church of Christ may have crossed the line. snip During a Christmas sermon, Wright tried to compare Obama's upbringing to Jesus at the hands of the Romans. "Barack knows what it means living in a country and a...

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Gov. Ed Rendell, one of Hillary Rodham Clinton's most visible supporters, said some white Pennsylvanians are likely to vote against her rival Barack Obama because he is black.

Visiting the Houston Holocaust Museum, activist apologizes for his past hate-filled remarks about Jews The date was Oct. 15, 1995, the place Washington, D.C. On the eve of the Million Man March, a rally organized by the Nation of Islam, the organization's youth minister was ready with rhetoric and venom. Angered by Jewish protests over a conference dedicated to "the black Holocaust," 24-year-old Quanell X told the gathering that offended Jews "can go straight to hell," then expounded on his sentiments to a Chicago Tribune reporter. "The real deal is this: Black youth do not want a relationship with the...

SNIP....Hillary Rodham Clinton attended services Sunday at a black church in Harlem........Rev. Calvin Butts, a Clinton supporter, introduced her.........she recounted how she had gone with her church youth group to hear King speak........"It was a transforming experience for me," ......has been criticized .......After the service (political rally), Butts officially endorsed Clinton...........It was a lively scene, as Obama supporters showed up and houted, "Harlem for Obama."

A convenience store in Titusville is trying to fight crime, but it's angering the community at the same time. Neighbors say a new policy at the Lil' Champ store Is nothing short of racist and when Eyewitness News looked into it, the policy changed. (12/10/07) Click on the video with the title of this thread for the video clip.

Central Park Jogger: Oprah offended me THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 8:09 AM EST, November 15, 2007 The victim of an infamous 1989 sexual attack in Central Park was shocked at what Oprah Winfrey asked her when she broke her silence 13 years later, the victim said in a new interview. In a 2002 interview for O, the Oprah magazine, the talk show host asked victim Trisha Meili -- known as the "Central Park Jogger" -- why she was running alone in the park at night. At the time, Meili, whose name was withheld, told Winfrey she realized it was "not a...

Civil rights activist Al Sharpton complained on Tuesday that the Democratic presidential candidates have been less than forceful in speaking out about recent hate crimes and the policies of President Bush's Justice Department. The New York-based reverend was in Washington with Martin Luther King III and other activists to discuss a march next week at the headquarters of the Justice Department, which they contend has taken no serious action to prosecute a spate of recent noose-hanging incidents following the Jena Six case. Sharpton said he was upset those issues weren't discussed last month at a debate among the Democratic candidates....

NEW YORK - In a debate televised Friday night, Don Imus' former producer called the Rev. Al Sharpton a race-baiter who was looking for attention when he led a campaign to fire the radio host. Sharpton said Imus and his producer got what they deserved for making a racist, sexist remark on the air. Bernard McGuirk and Sharpton appeared together for a combative debate on Fox News Channel's "Hannity & Colmes" show. McGuirk was fired last month for his part in an exchange on the "Imus in the Morning" program in which Imus called the members of the Rutgers University...

Former Gov. Mitt Romney yesterday turned the tables on the Rev. Al Sharpton yesterday, lambasting him as an example of “bigotry in America” after the controversial cleric insulted Mormonism by saying Romney’s White House bid will be defeated by voters who “really believe in God.” Romney responded to the remark with uncharacteristic anger, firing off a series of heated statements accusing Sharpton of perpetuating the bigotry he so often rails against. Sharpton most recently led the charge to fire radio host Don Imus for racist remarks. “Al Sharpton made a bigoted comment,” Romney spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom said yesterday. “It is...

Kopel: Media skip other side of Sharpton 'Hate-crime perpetrator' given a pass by Denver dailies et al. in CU appearance Evan Semon © News The Rev. Al Sharpton speaks at the University of Colorado at Boulder on Feb. 13 [2006], addressing students and the public about government and what CU can do to deal with race issues on campus. In 1989, a young woman jogger in Central Park was viciously raped and beaten by a gang of youths. Sharpton led a mob outside the court which claimed, without a shred of evidence, that "the boyfriend did it," and screamed that...

CHICAGO - Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson said Thursday he's backing Democrat Barack Obama (news, bio, voting record) in his presidential bid, giving his support to a new generation of black politicians. "He has my vote," the Rev. Jackson told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. Jackson sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988, winning 13 primaries and caucuses in 1988. His son, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. of Illinois, has already endorsed Obama. Jackson represents a different era of black politician, battle-tested by the civil rights struggles of the 1960s with Martin Luther King Jr. Obama, 45,...

Liberal campaign hurts people who need bargains Evergreen Park, Ill., a suburb contiguous with Chicago's western edge, is 88 percent white. A large majority of the customers of the Wal-Mart that sits here, less than a block outside Chicago, are from the city, and more than 90 percent of the store's customers are African-American. One of whom, a woman pushing a shopping cart with a stoical 3-year-old along for the ride, has a chip on her shoulder about the size of this 141,000 square-foot Wal-Mart. She applied for a job when the store opened in January and was turned down...

McKinney hints at challenging Georgia voting lawsLawmaker says 'malicious crossover' voting by Republicans disenfranchised black voters in her district By Ben Evans ASSOCIATED PRESS Posted on Fri, Sep. 08, 2006 WASHINGTON - Outgoing Georgia Rep. Cynthia McKinney hinted Thursday that she or her supporters might try again to challenge the legality of state voting laws that allowed Republicans to vote in the Democratic primary where she lost her House seat last month. McKinney, the first black woman elected to Congress from Georgia, said "malicious crossover" voting by Republicans disenfranchised black voters in her district from picking their candidate of choice,...

NEW YORK — Several weeks after Hurricane Katrina drowned New Orleans, HBO documentary executives were stumped. How to respond on film to something so monumental? "We were in a meeting one day and I said, `I guess we'll have to let Katrina go,'" said Sheila Nevins, president of HBO Documentary and Family. "Then, literally within the hour, Spike called. It was like, `Eureka!'" Spike Lee was quickly signed to chronicle the storm and its aftermath in New Orleans. The first half of Lee's heartbreaking film, "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts," debuts Monday. The four-hour documentary marks...

A shareholder group is gaining momentum in its efforts to pressure companies to disclose charitable giving -- with donations linked to the Rev. Jesse Jackson... The National Legal and Policy Center has stepped up efforts to require corporations to disclose more details about their donations... The Rainbow/PUSH Citizen Education Fund, which in 2001 provided payments to Jackson's former mistress. The Church Falls, Va.-based non-profit group hit two shareholders meetings this week -- Boeing on Monday and PepsiCo Inc. on Wednesday. "Many shareholders would certainly object to their money going to a controversial and divisive figure like Jesse Jackson," said Peter...

WASHINGTON -- A lawyer for Rep. Cynthia McKinney, the Georgia congresswoman who had an altercation with a Capitol Police officer, says she was "just a victim of being in Congress while black." McKinney awaited word Friday on whether she would be charged for apparently striking the officer after she entered a House office building this week unrecognized and did not stop when asked. Two law enforcement officials said it was unlikely a warrant would be issued this week. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. Her lawyer, James W. Myart Jr., said, "Congresswoman...

NEW YORK — The Rev. Al Sharpton has asked for an apology from Cartoon Network for an episode of edgy animated series "The Boondocks" that shows the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. saying the n-word. "Cartoon Network must apologize and also commit to pulling episodes that desecrate black historic figures," Sharpton, a civil-rights activist and former Democratic presidential candidate, said in a statement Tuesday.

SEE VIDEO: "HILLARY IS 'DOOMED'" (more 'plantation' fallout)   thanx to John Lenin for video MISS HILLARY, 'PLANTATION QUEEN,' CANNOT DIS KING WITH IMPUNITY by Mia T, 01.24.06 (scoop by John Lenin, video capture by adamsjas ) "It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important."  Dr. Martin Luther King, JrTHE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT?clinton legacy of lynching update by Mia T, 7.23.05 Ironically, the logic of this pronouncement by Martin Luther King would, in short order, be refuted by the reality of...

MISS HILLARY, 'PLANTATION QUEEN,' CANNOT DIS KING WITH IMPUNITY by Mia T, 01.24.06 (scoop by John Lenin, video capture by adamsjas ) "It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important."  Dr. Martin Luther King, JrTHE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT?clinton legacy of lynching update by Mia T, 7.23.05 GONE WITH THE WIND(miss hillary's 'plantation' blunder)by Mia T, 01.18.06     Transcript of Fox News' Cavuto on Business show with Meredith Whitney and Herman Cain, January 21, 2006 NEIL CAVUTO (host): All right, we're...

According to several sources, Jesse Jackson was born on October 8, 1941 in Greenville, South Carolina. In fine Freeper tradition, let's turn this post into a guestbook of sort and extend our very best birthday wishes to the Reverend Jackson. Oh, and be nice now...yeah, right.

According to several on-line sources, today is the Reverend Al Sharpton's birthday. He was born on October 3, 1954 in Brooklyn, NY. In fine Freeper tradition, let's turn this post into a guestbook of sorts and extend our birthday wishes to Al. Be nice now everyone...yeah right.

Up until yesterday, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin had refused to join critics who say that Hurricane Katrina rescue efforts were slow because the majority of the storm's victims were black. In an interview Saturday with the New Orleans Times-Picayune, however, Nagin said his thinking had evolved. "The more I think about it, definitely race played into this,” he told the paper. "How do you treat people that just want to walk across the bridge and get out, and they’re turned away, because you can’t come to a certain parish?" the embattled mayor complained. "How do resources get stacked up...

Kanye West is firing off at America's white leaders again a week after he shocked TV viewers on a Hurricane Katrina telethon by claiming President George W Bush is a racist. The rapper ignored the telethon script and attacked Bush for not acting quicker to save African-Americans stranded by the storms in Mississippi and Louisiana. And he isn't finished yet. Appearing on Ellen De Generes chat show on Friday, West insisted Bush and other politicians knew America's Gulf Coast couldn't withstand a hurricane a year before Katrina hit. "Back in the days when it was time to clean the kitchen,...

In a broadcast yesterday, Air America radio talk radio host Randi Rhodes repeatedly urged listeners in the hurricane-devastated Gulf Coast to go out and loot, insisting the poor should be allowed to steal goods at will. The leftist host, who has sparked controversy in the past for advocating the assassination of President Bush, said hurricane victims should avoid discount centers such as Wal-Mart and focus their looting on higher-end stores in order to get good quality products, according to Ned Rice, a contributor to National Review Online's weblog "The Corner."

West and Mike Myers had been paired up to appear about halfway through the show. Their assignment: Take turns reading a script describing the breach in the levees around New Orleans. Myers: The landscape of the city has changed dramatically, tragically and perhaps irreversibly. There is now over 25 feet of water where there was once city streets and thriving neighborhoods. (Myers throws to West, who looked extremely nervous in his super-preppy designer rugby shirt and white pants, which is not like the arrogant West and which, in retrospect, should have been a tip-off.) West: I hate the way they...