Al Sharpton arrested! I love it!

[Dork]

general News - Sharpton arrested as hundreds protest NYC police shooting

[toppick08]

Originally Posted by Dork

general News - Sharpton arrested as hundreds protest NYC police shooting

Most excellent.......

[Baja28]

If the cops wanna be hailed as hero's, they'd put a bullet through Sharptons temple.

[STAYATHOMEMAMA3]

Originally Posted by Baja28

If the cops wanna be hailed as hero's, they'd put a bullet through Sharptons temple.

[Dork]

Originally Posted by STAYATHOMEMAMA3

I hope they name the cop who arrested him. I'd like to send him a thank you letter, a ribbon for his uniform and a check.

[AndyMarquisLIVE (Premo)]

Best news I've seen all day.



I hope they lose the key.

[Nupe2]

NEW YORK - The Rev. Al Sharpton was arrested at the Brooklyn Bridge on Wednesday as he and hundreds of demonstrators blocked traffic to protest the acquittal of three detectives in the 50-bullet shooting of an unarmed black man on his wedding day.

Sharpton, two survivors of the shooting and the slain man's fiancee were among about a dozen people arrested on disorderly conduct charges near the base of the bridge. Police led away demonstrators at several other bridges and tunnels in the city.

The protests were part of a coordinated campaign to urge federal authorities to investigate the November 2006 shooting of Sean Bell. Three officers were acquitted of state charges last month.

Sharpton, shooting survivors Trent Benefield and Joseph Guzman, and Bell's fiancee, Nicole Paultre Bell, lined up and peacefully put their hands behind their backs as police put plastic handcuffs on them. Sharpton and Bell were placed in a police vehicle.

The civil rights leader is seeking a federal civil rights probe into Bell's shooting outside a Queens nightclub. The case raised questions about police use of deadly force in minority neighborhoods.

Sharpton had promised recently to "close this city down" with civil disobedience.

Bell was black, as are his friends Benefield and Guzman; the three officers acquitted in the case are Hispanic, black and white.

U.S. attorney spokesman Robert Nardoza said the case was under review, but he declined to comment further.

All Power to the People...Death to the Fascist Pigs! Freedom of speech is what makes this country great!

[GWguy]

He's gotten arrested for this kind of stuff before. He thinks he gets more mileage and visibility by getting cuffed.

[raven]

Originally Posted by Baja28

If the cops wanna be hailed as hero's, they'd put a bullet through Sharptons temple.

You are a sick person and you need to check yourself into the Spring Grove Hospitle in Catonsville at once! Meanwhile I will say a quick prayer for you that God will touch your heart.

[ImnoMensa]

Sharpton got just what he wanted. He went out there to get arrested.

He has been working things like this for years, Its how he survives. Now black folks will send him money and praise his working so hard in the fight against "The Man."

They played right into his hands. He will be treated with kid gloves and end up with more news reports. Things were getting a little slow for him anyway. What with Obama getting all the press.