Sharpton Speaks Out on Crown Heights Riots
Al Sharpton has declined to take part in a panel discussion commemorating the 20th year anniversary of the Crown Heights riots. As you may recall, after a Hasidic driver ran over a 7-year-old black boy in the area, an angry mob chanted “Get the Jew” while a 29-year-old Jewish man was killed. The rioting went…
Al Sharpton has declined to take part in a panel discussion commemorating the 20th year anniversary of the Crown Heights riots. As you may recall, after a Hasidic driver ran over a 7-year-old black boy in the area, an angry mob chanted “Get the Jew” while a 29-year-old Jewish man was killed. The rioting went on for another two days. Gothamist has a long post about Sharpton’s response to the invitation to attend the panel in which he tries to put his own role in some historical perspective.
Why the IRS never put him in jail for tax fraud and evasion is beyond me.
Did burning down his own headquarters and all its records really do the trick? It is astonishing to see how certain people seem to be above the law while others are put through the ringer.
Why the IRS never put him in jail for tax fraud and evasion is beyond me.
Did burning down his own headquarters and all its records really do the trick? It is astonishing to see how certain people seem to be above the law while others are put through the ringer.