Al Sharpton Confronted on Whether He Stands by Brawley Case: ‘I Stand by Many Cases’
- Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:27pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Al Sharpton was confronted by a Breitbart.com reporter in Los Angeles on Thursday and asked whether he stands by his involvement in the controversial Tawana Brawley case. His answer? Mixed.
In short, Sharpton tried to wordsmith his way out of answering.
After addressing Sharpton’s involvement in the Crown Heights riots, reporter Christian Hartsock asked, “And in your role in the Tawana Brawley case –”
“Yes, I stood by her,” Sharpton interrupted, using the past tense. “And there was no violence.”
“You stand by the case?” Hartsock asked in clarification.
He responded, “I stand by many cases,“ before rattling off the names of cases he has ”won.”
See for yourself:
The Brawley case involved a 15-year-old girl who said she was raped by several white men in 1987. At the time, Sharpton became a champion for the accusations, and eventually claimed a local prosecutor (Steve Pagones) was involved in the assault. The charges were eventually found to be false after a bodyguard for Brawley’s lawyers came forward and said Sharpton and others knew the girls was lying. Pagones then sued Sharpton for libel and won. Sharpton was ordered to pay Pagones $65,000 as a result. Supporters eventually paid the tab.
The answers Sharpton gave on Thursday are noteworthy, but it might not be the new smoking gun that some are hoping for as Sharpton continues to stir up emotions in the wake of the Trayvon Martin case. Sharpton has made comments in the past, however, that show he has little remorse for what happened. Slate explained back in 2003:
Sharpton stands by Brawley’s story. In May 2002, when the Associated Press asked whether he would apologize to Pagones, Sharpton replied: “Apologize for what? For believing a young lady?” Referring to his incipient presidential campaign, Sharpton continued, “When people around the country know that I stood up for a young lady … I think it will help me.” In March 2003, when the Washington Post asked whether Sharpton could have expressed sympathy for Pagones after the prosecutor was cleared, Sharpton replied that Brawley “identified Pagones. I was her spokesperson. I cannot turn around in what I said I believed.” As to the jury verdict against him, Sharpton told the New York Daily News in July 2003 that “a jury said in the Central Park jogging case … that I was wrong, and it was just overturned 13 years later. Juries can be wrong. I’ve stood by what I believe. Juries are proven wrong every day.”
And as recent as last year, the reverend wasn’t backing down:
Still, as Hartsock says, Sharpton‘s claim that he wasn’t involved in the Crown Heights riots is an odd one:
Sharpton didn’t get his facts right. The Crown Heights riots occurred after young black New Yorker Gavin Cato was hit by a car driven by an Orthodox Jew. Sharpton spoke at the funeral. Here’s what he said:
“Talk about how Oppenheimer in South Africa sends diamonds straight to Tel Aviv and deals with the diamond merchants right here in Crown Heights. The issue is not anti-Semitism; the issue is apartheid …. All we want to say is what Jesus said: If you offend one of these little ones, you got to pay for it. No compromise, no meetings, no coffee klatsch, no skinnin‘ and grinnin’.”
Later, Sharpton said, “If the Jews want to get it on, tell them to pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house.” The riots resulted in the murder of an Orthodox Jew, Yankel Rosenbaum. As Rosenbaum’s brother wrote, “Based on everything we have seen and read, Sharpton never called upon the rioters to stop their anti-Semitism-inspired violence. He never called on the rioters to go home. To the contrary, he stirred them up. And three days of anti-Semitic violence became the Crown Heights riots.”
“And this is the Al Sharpton hired by Phil Griffin to lend gravitas to MSNBC’s evening lineup,” Hartsock concludes.
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Comments (125)
jungle J
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:49pmIf he represents anyone they would have to be imeciles at best.
Report Post »AOL_REFUGEE
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 4:42pm“I stand by many cases.”
That schmuck really knows how to talk without saying a damn thing. He should just keep his pie hole shut altogether.
Report Post »turkey13
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 5:02pmIn the article it said in the Brawley caseThe Rev. al was fined $65,000.00 and his supporters paid the fine. Why doesn’t The Rev. al get his supporters to pay the 1.2 $$$ million he owes in back taxes. When we get a new president I hope he puts a real person in head of the IRS. After so many of Obamas Zars had to decline because of tax problems, it’s a wonder anyone pays their taxes.
Report Post »LIBSALWAYSLIE
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 5:34pmA walking, talking, stool sample. Alfred is such an idiot.
Report Post »boone1
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 5:42pmHim and jesse jackson need to have a hit taken out on them any takers?
Report Post »db321
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 6:31pmAmerica and MSNBC both have a real problem – if Obama is voted out – I don‘t think he will leave and his OWS’ers will block Romney from taking office. MSNBC problem is how to get rid of Sharpton – it is nearly impossible to fire him!
Report Post »000degrees
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 6:45pmStir the pot we much……aye al???
Report Post »Independent4233
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:02pmThis black hoaxster has got to be stopped or this country is going to be torn apart in racial wars. It’s bad enough that he lies and manipulates the truth in EVERY case he brings forth, but it’s criminal the way he stirs up the black mobs into a hateful frenzy. They’re already bad enough without him.
But worse than him and the potential threat of black violence are the white weinies who give in to his every demand.
Do they not realize placating every unreasonable black demand just encourages them to want to resort to violence even more, and it GREATLY emboldens Sharpton?
Holder applauded his efforts at threatening riots in the Zimmerman case. With the white elites placating him and Holder/Obama congratulating him for wrong doing he probably feels as if he can do no wrong.
Report Post »Reason365
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:12pmFathead. He looks like the Heat Miser
Report Post »Reason365
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:24pmHe stands by any case that will get his ugly mug in front of the cameras. He really yells for his donuts dozent he?
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:37pmTawana Brawly was a lie…. And so is thug boy a lie………. Zimmerman targeted nobody !!!
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:45pmManufactured Hate, to make the poverty pimps look relevant …… And let’s have Al release his three most recent bank statements….. I bet blood money from poor poor little Trayvon is pouring in…..
Report Post »LIBSALWAYSLIE
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 3:38pmAlfred is a walking, talking stool sample.
Report Post »cosette
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 7:40pmAl Sharpton… In his own words.Aug 9, 2011 ..“ But resist we much we must and we will much about that be committed”. What language is that? Baiterbonics? And this effen’ moron has his own T.V. show. If it weren’t for low standards MSNBC would have no standards at all.
Report Post »f_the_commies
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 9:31pmI think that the african americans need to separate themselves from this Jerry curl camera nazi. He is an embarrassment to every non-racist out there. He is useless and he knows it. He needs to get himself a bucket of chicken, oops, I can’t say that! TOo bad his dad forgot to pull out…
Report Post »toto
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 9:51pmSharpton is guilty of Rosenbaum‘s murder just as surely as if he’s personally done it. Sure wish I could be in the viewing stand when Sharpton meets his maker and has to account for his hatred, lies, deceit, and the shame he has brought upon his black brethren for his own self aggrandizement.
Report Post »mauijonny
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 4:32amYes, he does stand by many cases…NUT cases.
Report Post »republic2011
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:46pmWhy isn’t he in jail?
Report Post »tryintodoright
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:50pmgood question…..then again most folks look at this ebonics speaking idiot as a joke and non-threatening.
Report Post »lbyrd26
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:53pmIf he were white, he would be.
Report Post »IDONTTHINKSO
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:40pm@hardhead
Report Post »Here’s the problem, Sharpton is a racist, and he hates whites! He claims to be a Martin Luther King worker, friend, and partner of MLK; however he is a low life! Mr. King might very well be alive and running this country if it would not of been that those supposedly close to Mr. King caused his death. Mr. King was such a strong organizer and defender of people (not just blacks), that his growing power scared those that were using his agenda to benefit their pockets. Realizing this they had to choose sacrificing Mr. King or they would be lost in the shuffle once he became more powerful and to prove his platform of truth white people were to be appointed to many positions in Mr. Kings cabinet this could not be permitted, thus Mr. King’s dream has become Americas nightmare! Mr. King, a republican, pastor, a non-violent protestor and leader and great community organizer was winning the fight against the ignorance of hate! Mr. King never once made a threat of intentional violence and on top of that he taught against it. And most importantly Mr. King never used scare tactics, fear trough hate bating or lies to win his cause. Mr. Sharpton, needs to be seen as he really is by the black community before something happens that will destroy many lives, and will be very disastrous for all Americans!
Pokerjoe
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 9:18amVery well done! You are on target. Big Al and the boys are always trying to start a fight and blame someone else.
Report Post »Balpit
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 2:53pmAl Sharpton has no business comparing himself to Martin Luther King.
He is NOTHING like Martin Luther King.
MLK wanted people to be judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. Al Sharpton does the total opposite. Instead of judging Tawana’s character (obviously corrupt, since he knew it was all a big lie) he paid attention to the skin colors of the accuser and the accused.
Report Post »therev2nd
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:34pmThis guy is trying to make himself appear as an important high profile individual, IT AINT WORK’N AL !!!!!
Report Post »tryintodoright
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:46pmwhen is this do nothing, no nothing, trouble making moron gonna head back to the jungle ?
Report Post »Greenie40
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:23pmI think Sharpton is an evil person. I honestly have no idea how he can quote scripture and promote violence and/or racebating. That is NOT a Christian (not any I know). I feel sorry for him, because God will judge him for what he does and has done.
Report Post »Tractorboy
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:10pmIf he is trying to be like the son of god he isn’t very good at it.
Report Post »therev2nd
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:23pmevrey time I hear sharpton or J. Jackson I hear someone who knows they are totally irrelivant but can’y deal with the reality and do or say anything to bring relevance back to them! It aint working Al!!
Report Post »Tightroper2
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:23pmImbecilic responses like the one Sharpie just gave illustrate clearly why he and his ilk are at the bottom of the Bell Curve.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:21pmAl Sharpton has a third-world mind. He knows the entire country knows he’s an absolute joke, but his modus operandi remains unchanged.
No American can truly operate in that capacity for that long a time, without giving up the charade. It probably doesn’t help that those that keep him propped up are also idiots, but it is what it is.
Report Post »nobull14
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:04pmAL SHARPTON what a piece of crap ? He is a legend in his own mind !!!!!!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:04pmSharpton is a radical – end of message as nothing more needs to be said.
Report Post »JAMACAMECRAZYMAN
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:13pmSharpton is an A sshole – end of message as nothing more needs to be said………..
Report Post »LauraH87
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:04pmThe Daily Rash posted a transcript of Sharpton interviewing one of the pilots of the Navy jet that crashed into a Virginia apartment building and it is hilarious! Everyone who thinks Reverend Al is a dufus should read this. http://www.thedailyrash.com/al-sharpton-interviews-pilot-of-navy-jet-that-crashed-into-apartment-building
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:22pmLOL! IUI, Interviewing Under the Influence! What a moron. Thanks for posting that. During some commercials I will flip up to channel 185 and check out the propaganda on BSNBC for the occasional laugh. I do catch him on sometimes and I usually start laughing so hard I forget to change the channel back.
Report Post »Dismayed Veteran
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:32pmThis has got to be a parody. Nobody is that stupid.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:36pmEven SNL did an over the top skit of Sharpton. Frankly, the comedian was nowhere near as goofy as Al acts on BSNBC.
Report Post »grimmy
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:00pmThis is one of many race baiting *****’s that i would lose sleep over if they died of lead poisoning……..sorta the same way i feel anout encinom….
Drago.
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:53pmGet ready folks!!! The next RIOT will be on Al’s door step too…..LA will burn again since he was there stirring the “black pot and kettle” to a boil over Trayvon Martin!!! When George Zimmerman is found NOT GUILTY it will make the LA riots seem tame in comparison……..
Report Post »Dismayed Veteran
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:23pmLet’s hope the riots follow the normal pattern and they burn down their own part of town.
Report Post »spirited
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:53pmAl Sharpton’s “Reclaiming The Dream” should‘t be confused with MLK’s “I have a dream” .
reclaim -synonyms:
get back, reacquire, recapture, recover, re-collect, recoup, regain, repossess, retake, retrieve
Al Sharpton’s “reclaim [ing]” was and and seems to be: retribution; as in
>WE shall over-come (take over).
Report Post »momrules
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:47pmSharpton will not own up to the lies he has spoken and the lives he has cause to be taken or ruined because he is an evil man. Period.
How many whites have been attacked and beaten to the war cry *Justice For Treyvon* in the last couple of weeks? How many more attacks will occur while Sharpton beats the drum and blows the bugle for his race war? When will the first Sharpton sanctioned murder of a white person happen in answer to that war cry?
Do not expect reason or truth from this man. He does not care who dies, black or white, as long as their deaths promote his agenda.
Report Post »lbyrd26
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:52pmWell put.
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:35pmThe attacks will continue and there will be no white reprisal, as we have been taught to be scared of being seen as racist and wont even stand up to blatant anti-white racism. Liberalism has infected to many people in this once great nation.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:41pmOh, that is what he does best, nuttin.
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 4:59pm@ pinhead aka steelhead no fear that I see here other than yours.
Report Post »lbyrd26
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:41pmThis just goes to show that there is a lot of money in keeping hate, fear and anger alive. Where would he be if he hadn’t created a phony story like this? What really scares me, is that his uneducated followers believe in him…but they are usually filled with anger, hate and fear.
Report Post »Steelhead
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:01pmmost of the people posting here at the Blaze are filled with anger hate and fear.
Report Post »lbyrd26
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:24pmSteelhead- I have yet to read one of your posts that isn’t filled with anger, hate or fear,You post on here, out of blind MSNBC ignorance, just to get a rise out of people who know you are an MSNBC antagonist. that is why I propose to ignore you (and plan to do so, immediately) You should get your facts straight and then maybe someone will treat you with some respect.
Report Post »PatriotDadOfSix
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:29pmActually..Most of the people here at The Blaze are simply sick of getting kicked in the nads by people like you. So, now..we’re hitting back..don’t like it~ don’t really give a rats a$$. Every time you want to sound stupid..expect a punch in the ideological written mouth from now on. Not all conservatives are loving, caring people that defer and back down…some are people like me that stand their ground and give what we take. If you can’t deal with the confrontation..go back to media matters…aka~don‘t let your mouth write a check that your brain can’t cash
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:29pmSTEELHEAD, I worked with a black Army Major for a couple of years and I recall when some other racial hysteria was going on the news back in the mid ’90s. One day he quipped that Racism is a cottage industry that keeps the likes of Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and others very wealthy. They would go broke if they tried to calm the masses and tell the truth. It is to their benefit to keep their followers filled with anger, hate, and fear.
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:39pmA Sharpton is one thing.. A joke!
Report Post »lbyrd26
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:38pmThis just goes to show that there is a lot of money to be made in hate, fear and anger. Even if it is all just made up. What really scares me is that he makes so much money keeping the uneducated, uneducated and jthey still believe in him.
Report Post »Steelhead
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:37pmI don‘t think the so called reporter knows what he’s talking about
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:56pmHow about taking a moment and explain then. If you read the text, the author does identify how Sharpton was involved in Crown Heights.
Report Post »PatriotDadOfSix
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:58pmYou‘re a real douche snozzle ain’t cha? Dick!
Report Post »lbyrd26
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:01pmWe are wasting to much time giving steelhead far to many tingles up his leg. He only posts his MSNBC talking points here because he gets a thrill getting you all worked up. This is a tactic of MSNBC and they’re few but loyal useful idiots. The longer we stay off topic trying to convert an MSNBC ditto head, using reality and real facts, we are not talking about the issues. People like him won‘t ever know the truth because they don’t seek the truth. They only listen to what they want to hear and a place like MSNBC, who has to apologies constantly for getting caught telling lies, is where they go.
I propose that we ignore him and get on with the conversation at hand.
Report Post »Steelhead
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:09pmGad- as Americans we are allowed to express our thoughts. As Americans we are all qualified to do this.
Report Post »Steelhead
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:10pmdof 6- do you talk like that in front of your kids? I don’t.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:12pmSTEELHEAD, Yes, you are quite right about that. Just figured you might want to steel your position with an explanation.
Report Post »PatriotDadOfSix
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:20pmSteel..Depends on the kids ages..married and out of the house I call it like I see it. The ones in the house, NO. I do it away from them so they are spared the trouble. You’ve proven yourself a contrarian on more than one topic here..so I have no trouble calling you as I see you. Ass Clown. Done with you
Report Post »usedCZARsalesman
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:30pmthat would require that steelmagnolias have any basis of support for the things he says. He never does, so no need to ask him for it
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:42pmUSEDCZARSALESMAN, Yeah, I know. But, I was having fun offering him more rope.
Report Post »BTW, that is a great site handle.
AJAYW
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 4:46pmtinhead — are you suc*ing him
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:37pmSharpton is a racist poverty pimp,he destroyed a few lives in the Brawley fiasco one being the prosecutor
Report Post »I don’t recall his name but the poverty pimp did a number on him.
AJAYW
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 4:48pmIs al boy sharpton tinheads pimp
Report Post »Atilla
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:36pmThe poster boy for the perpetuation of black racism.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:43pmSharpton looks like a sick man to me.
Report Post »lbyrd26
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:35pmThat was about the most phony non answer answer I have heard this left wing, racebating phony, scam artist ever spew!!
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:34pm‘Show me the Money’!
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:32pmYou can see the lies and hate dribble down the face of this race pimp…this guy is a charlatan who has blood on his hands…
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