Al Sharpton - "What Crown Heights Taught Me": Race pimping can be very profitable.
Posted on 08/21/2011 9:48:43 AM PDT by Nachum
Twenty years after the Crown Heights riots, the city has grown, and I believe I have grown. I'd like to share a few of my reflections about the choices I made, including the mistakes, with an eye toward advancing racial understanding and harmony.
On the day of Aug. 20, 1991, I received a call from Carmel Cato -- who told me that he would like my assistance in dealing with the fact that his 7-year-old son had been killed in a car accident the night before in Crown Heights. His son's death had sparked violence throughout that night, with people angry and responding to what they felt was an insensitivity at best, an injustice at worst.
When I arrived in the neighborhood late in the evening the day after, I could see brick-throwing on all sides. I was living in New Jersey at the time, and though I knew Crown Heights fairly well, I did not know of the events of the first night and second day. I did not know Yankel Rosenbaum had been killed by a mob on that first night. I did not know the full volatility of the situation.
That began to change when I entered Carmel Cato's house late in the evening of the second night. As he described to me what he knew, I was outraged; I was also saddened and wanted to comfort him and the others who suffered.
I myself was just months away from having been stabbed in the chest by a white male in Bensonhurst on the other side of Brooklyn for leading a peaceful march protesting the racial killing of 16-year-old Yusuf Hawkins. Though my assailant had been arrested, I was wrestling with how I would respond. My emotions told me to be angry
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Eat kerbstone Sharpton. You have blood on your hands.
Shame on this paper for carrying your lying words.
I’ll bet it’s a real hoot watching Rev. Al “reflect” on something.
This is what leftists do. Lie. Obfuscate. Generally muddy the waters. Deflect blame from themselves.
I find it impossible to believe that Sharpton was unaware of the death of Yankel Rosenbaum.
He has been caught in lies before and he is lying now.
Hey Rev!
No Justice! No Peace!
Quoth “Reverend” Sharpton:
“Talk about how Oppenheimer in South Africa sends diamonds straight to Tel Aviv and deals with the diamond merchants right here in Crown Heights.”
“If the Jews want to get it on, tell them to pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house.”
Al Sharpton - "What Crown Heights Taught Me": Race pimping can be very profitable.
Professional poverty pimps know their days are numbered - - the world has moved on... if this was some kind of apology it was too little, too late.
Maybe he should call his buddy, Jane Fonda, for some advice! n/s
All he learned was that he could get away with it. With anything.
If you can’t get someone else to rewrite history and rehab your sorry lying ass, then I guess you have to do it yourself.
This probably would have worked on the weak kneed libtards if Obummer hadn’t already used up all the blames, lies and excuses.
Crown Heights taught me to avoid places peopled by fans of Al Sharpton.
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