Wasn't his incitement of a riot at "Freddie's Fashion Mart" in Washington Heights? IIRC, that ended with arson and at least one person dead.
Mark
Freddies was on 125 ST. in Harlem. Al was the cause. The Wash Hts. thingy was Dominicans. Crown Hts. was the one where Dinkins let them “vent”. Al played a key roll in this one also.