THE SHARPTON SHAKEDOWN: “We cannot be silent while African-Americans spend hard-earned dollars with a company that does not hire, promote or do business with us in a statistically significantly manner,” he emailed Honda.
QUESTION: did the business targeted for shakedowns respond in-kind---asking Al what is the "statistical diversity" of his NAN network?
Sharpton insisted in new reports that, “Honda had given us money before that [email] and since then, and still does.” He also claimed that the letter to Honda was not a “protest” but merely a request for information. “There was a letter asking for information about diversity. That is not protesting.”
IF THIS IS NOT A SHAKEDOWN WHAT IS IT? the reverend AL halted NAN “protests” against the automaker once Honda started to “sponsor NAN events.”
EMAIL---enforcement@SEC.gov
The SEC might be interested in the way publicly-held companies listed shakedown payments to Sharpton.
Were these payments properly disclosed to shareholders?
Were shareholders appraised of the nature of these payments?
Did the publicly-held companies show how the payments affected the company's bottom line?
Were the payments to Sharpton properly accurately listed on corporate tax returns?
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“We cannot be silent while African-Americans spend hard-earned dollars with a company that does not hire, promote or do business with us in a statistically significantly manner,” he emailed Honda.
Did Honda disclose to its shareholders communiques w/ Sharpton and its response?