The dead guy and his friends threatened to shoot an undercover cop in the club which was under surveillance for drugs, prostitution and weapons. The perps got exactly what they deserved and Sharpton knows it.
You're calling 'em perps. What did they perpetrate? A threat? To someone they didn't know was a cop maybe. For that, they deserve death? OK.
From where I sit, it's not that clear who the perps were in this deal - who was doing all the shooting? Maybe you have more info than I do, but the article doesn't make it clear that the 8 or 9 cops were in danger. Were both sides shooting or just one? I'd like to know the answer to that before passing judgment on the guys who got shot.