Al Sharpton has never ever been held accountable by the liberals for his behavior and slanders in the Tawana Brawley case. He and his ilk think they can get away with anything.
They probably have learned they can get away with anything because :
1. They are members of an officially aggrieved politically correct group.
2. They are supporters of liberal causes.
3. The liberals in the MSM automatically and dutifully accept charges of racism from these people, no matter the true facts of any given case.
4. The liberals in the MSM are so PC that they are afraid of being perceived as being bigoted or racist themselves. So they kneel on the altar of Al Sharpton and his ilk whenever they weigh in on an issue.
5. The news guidelines used by the MSM are to push stories which fit certain narratives. The narrative in this case is that America is racist, racists have guns, racists are shooting black boys for no reason. There is no such narrative for the black criminals who attacked the couple in Oklahoma recently, so that story was barely reported by the MSM.
6. Al Sharpton, Jessie Jackson, et. al. can get face time on TV on demand. Whenever they want to weigh in, they get air time.
re: For some facts, 2010 murder statistics (Posted on 3/27/12 at 12:22 a.m. to Tigerholic)
After Jessie Jackson made his blacks are under attack comment I wondered if there was any statistical data upon which to base his claim.
Heres some numbers from the 2010 FBI #s ( 2010 FBI) and the 2010 US Census ( 2010 US Census):
a) 196,817,552 (# of non-Hispanic/Latino whites) = 63.7% of the population
b) 42,020,743 (# of Black or African American alone or in combination) = 13.6% of the population
c) There were 447 whites killed by blacks
d) There were 218 blacks killed by whites
e) There were 2,459 blacks killed by blacks (shown for reference only)
This shows:
a) That for every 902,833 white people 1 black was killed
b) That for every 94,006 black people 1 white was killed
c) A white person is 9.6X more likely to be killed by a black person than vice-versa.
This statistically refutes Jessie Jacksons assertion.
Who is tawana?
You are 100% correct. Have you noticed with the exception of MSNBC no one calls him “Reverend’’ anymore?