Al Sharpton

Jefferson · 12-04-2006, 08:34 AM

How come this guy shows up any time there's been a shooting, by police, of a BLACK person?

So a lady opens fire on police, wounding 3 of them before they shoot her to death - and Sharpton is on the scene screaming, "RACISM! RACISM!!"

So a soon-to-be groom hits a police officer and rams a police cruiser with his SUV, refusing to simply stop and get out of his vehicle, before the police open fire. And there's Al Sharpton screaming, "RACISM! RACISM!!"

Al Sharpton is a RACIST excuse-maker. He's doing his best to teach black people to make excuses, cry "racism!", and blame the police, rather than make good choices and abide by the law.

Why does this raging racist bigot get a "Get Out Of Jail Free" card on all this crap?

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chrisg967 · 12-04-2006, 07:31 PM

Unless I'm missing something, there's not enough information in that story to understand the situations, let alone accuse someone of being racist. I found no mention of race for any of those involved, was I supposed to assume it based on locality or something?

Jefferson · 12-04-2006, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by chrisg967

Unless I'm missing something, there's not enough information in that story to understand the situations, let alone accuse someone of being racist. I found no mention of race for any of those involved, was I supposed to assume it based on locality or something?

No.

One name: Al Sharpton.

chrisg967 · 12-04-2006, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Jefferson

No.

One name: Al Sharpton.

What do you think of the Wikipedia entry on Sharpton?

foundit66 · 12-04-2006, 08:15 PM

Johnston - described as 92 by her family but 88 by the medical examiner - lived in fear in the crime-ridden Vine City neighborhood of northwest Atlanta.

On the night of Nov. 21, a group of plainclothes officers burst in, searching for drugs. They had obtained a "no-knock" warrant, saying an informant bought drugs at the house.

Johnston opened fire with a pistol, wounding three officers before she was shot to death.

1) "No-Knock" warrants are a tricky thing. I can understand the purpose for them, but at the same time if you're in a crime-ridden neighborhood, and somebody busts in your door without a warning "claiming" that they are the police, that creates an understandable conflict.
Anybody can "say" they are the police.

I don't know how the police currently do it, but hopefully they make it plain as quickly as possible that they are the police to eliminate anybody shooting at what they think could just be aggressive burglars.

2) Hopefully the informant is being castrated as we speak. The whole situation stinks. Period. But the smell isn't necessarily coming from where Sharpton says.
I wonder if the informant could be charged with manslaughter... ??
Somebody died because of his actions.

3) "Racism"?
People like Sharpton lose credibility when they shoot first and don't bother to ask questions later. How the heck could he label this as "racism"?
Did the police just decide one afternoon that it would be fun to bust down the door of a 92 year old woman? Is that what Sharpton thinks?
HOW is this "racism"?

The 92-year old woman had a pistol? If Sharpton has evidence that it was planted, then show it. Otherwise, this is just another example of "crying wolf" with results that backfire on his efforts...

Jefferson · 12-04-2006, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by chrisg967

What do you think of the Wikipedia entry on Sharpton?

Yeah, the guy really is a scum-bag.

...and it's actually rather unfortunate that you have slime like Sharpton getting involved in civil rights things - or stuff he WANTS to be civil rights incidents. He's a hideous embarrassment, and a disgrace to blacks.

Jefferson · 12-04-2006, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by foundit66

Johnston - described as 92 by her family but 88 by the medical examiner - lived in fear in the crime-ridden Vine City neighborhood of northwest Atlanta.

On the night of Nov. 21, a group of plainclothes officers burst in, searching for drugs. They had obtained a "no-knock" warrant, saying an informant bought drugs at the house.

Johnston opened fire with a pistol, wounding three officers before she was shot to death.

1) "No-Knock" warrants are a tricky thing. I can understand the purpose for them, but at the same time if you're in a crime-ridden neighborhood, and somebody busts in your door without a warning "claiming" that they are the police, that creates an understandable conflict.
Anybody can "say" they are the police.

I don't know how the police currently do it, but hopefully they make it plain as quickly as possible that they are the police to eliminate anybody shooting at what they think could just be aggressive burglars.
You would assume that they would - for all kinds of reasons - be yelling "police" and showing badges. But we may never know the whole truth.

2) Hopefully the informant is being castrated as we speak. The whole situation stinks. Period. But the smell isn't necessarily coming from where Sharpton says.
I wonder if the informant could be charged with manslaughter... ??
Somebody died because of his actions.
It would be VERY interesting to find out what happens to that guy. Unfortunately, we probably never will.

3) "Racism"?
People like Sharpton lose credibility when they shoot first and don't bother to ask questions later. How the heck could he label this as "racism"?
He's Al Sharton, that's how.
The guy is an idiot scum-bag - and another attention whore.

Did the police just decide one afternoon that it would be fun to bust down the door of a 92 year old woman? Is that what Sharpton thinks?
HOW is this "racism"?

Yes, Sharpton WILL try to make it look like a bunch of white cops busted in on a 92-year old black lady and shot her to death - because she was black.

The 92-year old woman had a pistol?
I find it kind of amazing that the old girl was able to not only get her gun up, but get off that many shots before they shot her. She must have been one tough old bird!

If Sharpton has evidence that it was planted, then show it. Otherwise, this is just another example of "crying wolf" with results that backfire on his efforts...
I HOPE this back-fires on Sharpton - not on black people.
Sharpton is an idiot, a loud-mouth racist, and an attention whore. Freedom of speech doesn't guarantee that you have anything worth saying.

Almost all the people I know - living in a very "diverse" neighborhood - get along just fine, don't care what color their neighbors are, and are good people. We don't need loud-mouth dicks, like Sharpton, creating problems where there are no problems.

foundit66 · 12-04-2006, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Jefferson

I find it kind of amazing that the old girl was able to not only get her gun up, but get off that many shots before they shot her. She must have been one tough old bird!

That thought did cross my mind.
The lady's death is a tragedy, and Al Sharpton is marginalizing it.

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OMG Jefferson.
Unless my eyes are confusing me, the Police Chief involved is black.

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Jefferson · 12-04-2006, 09:26 PM

I think you're also thinking that this whole thing is just plain bizarre.

Let's take away any possible racial implications - which I think is legit. It's still bizarre.

An informant either lies, or just plain gets it wrong. So the police bust into a house. A 92-year old woman meets their entrance with gunshots - and a LOT of them. The police shoot and kill her.

Sharpton needs to shut up, and just let the weirdness of all this speak for itself.

foundit66 · 12-04-2006, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Jefferson

I think you're also thinking that this whole thing is just plain bizarre.

Let's take away any possible racial implications - which I think is legit. It's still bizarre.

An informant either lies, or just plain gets it wrong. So the police bust into a house. A 92-year old woman meets their entrance with gunshots - and a LOT of them. The police shoot and kill her.

Sharpton needs to shut up, and just let the weirdness of all this speak for itself.

You're right.
They probably were busting in thinking it was going to be a drug dealer packing heat.
They get gun-fire at them. They return fire.

They then find out that they just shot and killed a woman that is about 90 years old. Alone in the house (at least from the sounds of it).

Geez. That's a hell of a thing to think about...