The tragic event in Ferguson, Missouri, where an unarmed black teen, Michael Brown, was killed by Darren Wilson, a white police officer, triggered off a wave of protests, rioting and looting.
As usual, the event was politicized. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton were in town. These two men made their careers as defenders of the black community. This means that they have to convince their followers that America is racist and black people need defending. Otherwise, they don’t have a job.
And now the Justice Department is to begin investigating the Ferguson Police Department to look for a long term pattern of civil rights violations. Is this investigation legitimate, or is it a smoke and mirrors inquiry ordered by the Obama administration to distract from more important issues?
Al Sharpton is always scraping the bottom of the barrel to look for racism when there often is none to be found. For example, in the Tawana Brawley case from the late 1980s, Al Sharpton and others made defamatory accusations against the then District Attorney, Steven Pagones of rape.
It was all a lie. Pagones has successfully sued Sharpton, Brawley and others for defamation. Sharpton again defended another false accuser, Crystal Mangum, who lied that a group of lacrosse players from Duke University gang-raped her.
Sharpton told Bill O’Reilly of Fox News: “…I think that when you look at the racial atmosphere, when you look at the fact that there again were the allegations of racial statements, when you look at a lot of people feeling that they have been treated differently, where this girl has basically had a character charged in the media, there is a lot of racism that’s in the air.”
Sharpton also went after George Zimmerman after he shot Trayvon Martin in what the court later deemed to be self-defense. Again Sharpton was barking up the wrong tree and Zimmerman was found not guilty in court. What makes things worse is that Sharpton uses inflammatory language that sometimes get people killed.
In 1991, thugs later admittedly incited by Sharpton killed two people in Crown Heights, neighborhood of Brooklyn in response to an African American boy being killed in an auto accident. In reference to the incident, Sharpton said, “We must not reprimand our children for outrage, when it is the outrage that was put in them by an oppressive system.”
Every time, there is trouble involving the black community, Sharpton is there to make things worse. I guess that is his job. He poses as the defender of the black community and so must blame American racism for the problem even when there was none. Now he has injected himself into the tragic killing of Michael Brown.
At Brown’s funeral, Sharpton delivered the eulogy. He said, “Michael Brown does not want to be remembered for a riot. He wants to be remembered as the one that made America deal with how we’re going to police in the United States.”
This statement says a lot. It assumes that the police did something wrong. According to the police, Brown attacked the police officer who fired in self defense. To back up the claim, it showed a store video where Brown allegedly pushed aside a store clerk and stole some cigars. Brown appears to be an unruly teen and it is possible that he attacked a police officer.
The truth is that no one yet knows exactly what happened that day. Yes Brown was shot and killed-but what were the circumstances? What will the forensic evidence show? Sharpton is jumping to conclusions and wants the federal government to get involved when no one yet knows the circumstances of Brown’s death.
This week, in an op-ed penned by Sharpton and published by the Huffington Post, the Reverend decried that, “We must get federal intervention immediately. We must challenge Congress to deal with police brutality and misconduct. We must see federally implemented standards in precincts and jurisdictions across the country.”
Sharpton is an irresponsible rabble rouser who has a long track record of being wrong. His involvement in the Ferguson shooting gave me a feeling of deja vu all over again. My first reaction is that the white police officer is probably innocent since Sharpton is turning Michael Brown, the teen that was killed, into some sort of hero.
After all, Sharpton has been wrong so many times – the Tawana Brawley affair, the Duke Lacrosse false rape case, the Crown Heights riot and later the Zimmerman trial. He is not interested in the truth. He is only interested in posing as a protector of the black people against white racism.
This is a lucrative job, if you can find the work. That is why he has shouted racism so many times when there was none. Sharpton has done well financially for himself. He got his own TV show at MSNBC. How did a rabble rouser, riot inciter and liar who was successfully sued get a job on a major news channel?
Well, TV stations are more interested in ratings and profits than in telling the truth. MSNBC knows that Sharpton can make money for them even though he causes riots at times. They don’t care if there is a riot and people die. In fact, it is news that will drive up ratings.
There is a lot of anger in the black community because they are poorer than the majority whites. This anger is unfortunately exploited by black leaders and politicians for their own gain.
A successful businessman and author, Robert H. Lee has spent years extensively researching the history of nations for his book Saving Democracy from Suicide. (LINK: www.savingdemocracyfromsuicide.com) A self-professed Americaphile, Lee resides in Singapore with his family, but he previous lived in the United States where he went to the University of Michigan for his MBA.
The tragic event in Ferguson, Missouri, where an unarmed black teen, Michael Brown, was killed by Darren Wilson, a white police officer, triggered off a wave of protests, rioting and looting.
As usual, the event was politicized. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton were in town. These two men made their careers as defenders of the black community. This means that they have to convince their followers that America is racist and black people need defending. Otherwise, they don’t have a job.
But, wait a minute, partner.
Michael brown did NOT consider himself ”unarmed.”
Mike Brown’s Instagram Account has been Found.
Among other things he wrote was this:
“My Hands My Ammunition”
There’s more at the link:
Which is not only misplaced anger, but is also a form of racism. There is not one white American alive today that prevents any black from getting a high school education, or attending a community college at night, or not getting a police record. Nor is it whites forcing black women to have children out of wedlock (70%) which only continues the cycle of poverty.
A realistic viewpoint:
http://econfaculty.gmu.edu/wew/articles/14/BlacksMustConfrontReality.htm
Exploit it? Not only do blacks like Al Sharpton exploit the anger, they encourage it, they feed it, they propagate it. Imagine there was a white counterpart to Al Sharpton. Oh, wait, there was. His name is David Duke. Does he have his own TV show on a major network? Does he get invitations to the White House? Is he considered an expert on “race relations” by the Administration? No, Duke is a has-been, shunned by the majority of other whites.
MSNBC will continue to hire losers like Sharpton until they are down to 10 viewers.
MSNBC clearly and intentionally made a decision to hire a person with low morals, weak character, no respectable principles, dishonest and deceptive to host a program on their network. How is it that they might wonder why their network has ZERO credibility?
@Scott in Oklahoma: I think they were scraping the bottom of the barrel because they are losing market share so fast continuing to make excuses for Obama. Next stop is sending the barrel to the scrap heap or the dump!
Sharpton has a very dark heart – a reverent he is not; anyone inciting violence and lies does not deserve that title.
Sharpton ‘project’ his own motives and warped view of racism on any white person – police officer or not.
Sharpton has mastered this spiel – he is one who cries racism behind everything he does. If MSNBC would cancel his show today – he would march in the street accusing the network of racism.
Sharpton does not deserve respect from anyone; projecting his racism on a white police officer should be expected – because if it were about the interest of black americans – he would march in Chicago everyday. Ergo – there is no money or notoriety to gain in Chicago – it is to be made only when it involves a white police officer.
Should his spiel misfire ala Tawana Brawley or Crown Heights – even if his actions end in murder – there are no consequences for him – moving onto the next opportunity.
Sharpton is the real racist and always has been; ‘the white man’ is not keeping him down – he has a TV show given by a white man.
Why is al still alive?Within the last year has been credited for being a fbi informant, bringing down some of the biggest families in NYC and the east coast. He has a high price west end condo and owes millions in taxes which has never been collected.
Ever wonder the mob has not wacked him for what he did to the families and the business not to mention the economic impact. Al and jessie are racist trash. Some day, someone will take out the garbage.
Black immigrants do not identify with the historical experiences of discrimination.
As a result, protest leaders like Al Sharpton are less likely to influence them.
MSNBC should look at the writing on the wall……
More Africans are CHOOSING to move into the USA every DECADE than were imported over 300 years of slave trade!
That’s right.
Fewer and fewer Americans buy the idea that blacks today suffer from anything but their own bad decisions.
Most whites here now are descendants of non-slave-owning immigrants themselves.
All Hispanics here now are descended from non-slave owners.
All Asians here now are also descended from non-slave owners.
And now, many blacks living here never had American slave ancestors.
Sharpton ought to quit while he can still have a false modicum of dignity.