Posted on 11/24/2014 4:46:58 AM PST by Jed Eckert
The Rev. Al Sharpton has always been keen to maintain his reputation as the least plausible cleric since Elmer Gantry.
The racial tension and riots in Ferguson, Mo. have proved to be the perfect vehicle to do just that.
Not just satisfied with creating unrest in one beleaguered Missouri city, though, the Reverend is looking to go national with his peaceful protests that worked out so well in Ferguson.
With that, Sharptons group, the National Action Network (NAN) has put out a list of national protest sites, because apparently just one city experiencing hellish violence and racial strife just isnt enough. [H/T Gateway Pundit.]
In anticipation of the impending grand jury decision in Ferguson, MO, National Action Network (NAN) Chapters are encouraging community members to join them when it is announced, the statement reads.
Regardless of what the decision is, NAN chapters in over 20 cities around the country will gather. So you lose either way.
If Officer Wilson is indicted, the release says, the protests will focus on what would be a teaching moment on how to deal with national legislation for policing.
I had personally thought the unctuous, condescending, leaden idiom teaching moment had been retired, but apparently it still lives on in the lexicon of the professionally-offended.
If the Ferguson grand jury decision clears him of criminal charges then NAN will call for protests to remain peaceful and for the federal government to come in with a federal grand jury to move for civil rights charges on excessive force, it continues.
Yes, just like the peaceful protests that Sharpton and other leaders have led in Ferguson up until now..
Given their previous success at keeping their civil disobedience peaceful in Ferguson, you might think that Sharpton and his compatriots might have decided to forego these mass gatherings this time, but no, theyre going to keep right at it.
We all know that when Al Sharpton uses the phrase peaceful protest, its done with a nudge and a wink.
Its an meaningless blanket get-out-of-jail-free card meant to keep him out of trouble when these race baiting spectacles inevitably spiral out of control.
It seems that Sharpton seems to sense the writing on the wall as to how the grand jury will go.
This week, Sharpton wrote a piece in the New York Times, suggesting that we do away with the grand jury process (at least in cases like Officer Wilsons), and merely take the person to jury trial.
Because if the facts dont work out in your favor, change the rules. And if that doesnt work, break stuff.
Here are the venues for Sharptons Magical Misery Tour:
ATLANTA, GA: 75 Spring St, SW, 2211 U.S. Courthouse
BIRMINGHAM, AL: 1729 5th Avenue North #140
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ: 2715 Atlantic Ave
BROOKLYN, NY: 225 Cadman Plaza E. Brooklyn, NY
CHARLESTON, NC: 200 East Bay Street City of Charleston Police Department, 180 Lockwood Blvd
CHARLOTTE, NC: 401 West Trade Street
CHICAGO, IL: 219 S Dearborn St #74
CINCINNATI, OH: 550 Main Street
PHILADELPHIA, PA: 601 Market Street
CLEVELAND, OH: 801 West Superior Avenue
DETROIT, MI: 231 W Lafayette Blvd
FERGUSON, MO: (Police Department), 222 S. Florissant Road
LOS ANGELES, CA COURT HOUSE: 255 East Temple
NATCHEZ, MS: 109 North Pearl Street
NEWARK, NJ: 970 Broad St. (Broad/Walnut Sts.)
OAKLAND, CA: 1225 Fallon Street
ORLANDO, FL: 401 West Central Boulevard
PATERSON, NJ: 401 Grand Street
PHOENIX, AZ: 400 West Washington
SANFORD, FL: 1300 Park Avenue
TALLAHASSEE, FL: 111 South Adams Street
They could burn down MOST of those cities and it would be an improvement.
So they are going to trash their hoods again. Minorities (blacks and asian storekeepers) will suffer the most.
Quanell X will probably fill the void of Sharpton’s absence in Houston.
CHARLESTON, NC:??
they move that city north? SC will be pissed, that was the best thing SC had.
Los Angeles is on there.
First thing I noticed. Completely avoids Texas.
Maybe the rev isn’t as stupid as he acts.
Seems like a waste to trash Detroit. Been there, done that.
So if I tell a crowd of people to go into the streets and defy the law, create disorder, destroy private property and ‘assemble’ without a license ... then I would be charged with ‘inciting to riot’, but Al CAN do this with complete impunity?
NICE.
I have wondered why the business owners and others who have an interest in downtown Ferguson have not taken a complaint to the courts... The leaders of the disorder are not exactly unknown and the business owners DO have recourse in the law, right?
OK at the risk of being yelled at...what kind of publication is this Conservative Tribune? How reliable is it?
I’m sure there will be violence and looting no matter what the jury finds, but is it possible that this information has been fabricated to fan the flames? Lord knows that’s the last thing either side needs.
IIRC, about 15-20 years ago the last big national Klan organization got taken down by a little old black lady in a civil suit over incitement. The Klan tried to claim plausible deniability, but the civil jury didn’t buy it and awarded damages far in excess of what the Klan could pay.
Any violence here could be handled the same way. Not only that, but discovery would force Sharpton and his groups to open up their books for forensic audit.
It would take years, but chances are it would force Sharpton and NAN to spend millions on defending themselves, trying to thwart subponaes, etc.
They picked a good location in Charleston. I can think of few better places to royally PO the downtown crowd. Most places downtown have so little extra space that any protest there would be counterproductive.
Detroit? Not much there unless they break into taller buildings and throw stuff out windows. Check out “Tour of the Hood” on youtube.
Proverbs- “He who leads good people to evil will fall into their own pit”.
25 cities to put on my no visit List.
You might want to note: There is NOT one city in Texas on that list. These ol’ boys down here don’t play. Keep this crap up and the “Right Reverend” will force our hand and things can get real messy real quick because a whole helluva lot of folks in Texas are “packing” and they don’t play.
That’s not the whole list.
And Al Sharpton has the approval of the Whitehouse.
Aw gee, nothing in Texas AL?
America’s #1 race pimp is on a roll. Just like the good old day, right Al?!
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