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Roy Innis, conservative civil rights crusader, dies at 82
NY Daily News ^ | Tuesday, January 10, 2017 | Rich Shapiro

Posted on 01/11/2017 4:59:09 PM PST by PallMal

Roy Innis, a polarizing civil rights icon who famously tussled with the Rev. Al Sharpton and a white supremacist on TV talk shows, has died. He was 82.

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One of the good guys has passed away. I remember his throw down with Al Sharpton on the Morton Downey TV show, and his many appearances with radio legend, Bob Grant.

RIP.

1 posted on 01/11/2017 4:59:09 PM PST by PallMal
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To: PallMal

May he rest in peace.


2 posted on 01/11/2017 5:00:43 PM PST by MIchaelTArchangel
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RIP.

Ole “rent a riot” has been sorely missed.


3 posted on 01/11/2017 5:04:11 PM PST by papertyger (The semantics define how we think.)
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RIP


4 posted on 01/11/2017 5:05:03 PM PST by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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“Roy Innis, a polarizing civil rights icon”

Polarizing?


5 posted on 01/11/2017 5:05:07 PM PST by lowbridge
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Roy Innis, RIP


6 posted on 01/11/2017 5:05:21 PM PST by Sidebar Moderator
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This sucks!!!

He deserved more respect and more importance among blacks than he ever got.

He was a Stand Up guy.

Amazing age we live in when one thinks 82 was too young.

Mom’s 84 with nothing wrong. But only God knows when so you cherish each day.


7 posted on 01/11/2017 5:06:38 PM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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He was “polarizing” to the poverty pimps.


8 posted on 01/11/2017 5:09:29 PM PST by PallMal
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Yikes... I thought they were talking about Roy Thinnes...


9 posted on 01/11/2017 5:09:35 PM PST by rhinohunter (Dear Mr. Trump: I'm still not tired of winning)
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To: PallMal

Rest in peace.


10 posted on 01/11/2017 5:12:57 PM PST by dougherty (I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. - Michelangelo)
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His son, Niger Innis, is a Republican who ran for Congress in 2014 in Nevada.

Roy Innis was pretty conservative himself, and supported Alan Keyes, which got him a lot of grief from Internet leftists.

11 posted on 01/11/2017 5:12:59 PM PST by x
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RIP


12 posted on 01/11/2017 5:13:01 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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Not just an NRA member, but Roy was on the Board of Directors. Good man. Sorry to see him go.


13 posted on 01/11/2017 5:13:15 PM PST by Liberty Ship ("Lord, make me fast and accurate.")
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Surprisingly, Juan Williams gave a very flattering report on Innis’ life. Politically, Innis was everything Juan is not so I was surprised.


14 posted on 01/11/2017 5:15:21 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (If you think the party that freed the slaves are the racist ones, you probably are a liberal.)
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Condolences to his son. Niger, and his family.


15 posted on 01/11/2017 5:16:04 PM PST by DLfromthedesert
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Indeed, Roy Innis was a great man. Rest in Peace


16 posted on 01/11/2017 5:16:37 PM PST by mojo114 (Pray for our military)
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To: PallMal

Always liked and respected him, truly a “black leader” worthy of that description. Condolences to this family.


17 posted on 01/11/2017 5:16:47 PM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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Rest In Peace. Is his son the one that CNN captioned “Nigger Innis” when his name was really “Niger Innis”?


18 posted on 01/11/2017 5:18:25 PM PST by johniegrad
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Yes, Niger Innis is his son.


19 posted on 01/11/2017 5:19:23 PM PST by PallMal
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RIP


20 posted on 01/11/2017 5:21:08 PM PST by kalee
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