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Rev. Sharpton Responds to Blaze ‘Shocking Racism’ Video

Rev. Al Sharpton is responding to a video posted on The Blaze Tuesday morning, by saying the message emphasized in the video was not indicative of the “whole rally.”

The Blaze stands by the video which includes Sharpton’s concerns over the 8/28 “Restoring Honor” rally in DC and his assertion on Saturday that “They want to disgrace this day.”  The video contrasts segments from Saturday’s “Restoring Honor” rally with the “Redeem the Dream” event held on 8/28/00 in the same location. That event was co-sponsored by Sharpton’s National Action Network.

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The most controversial sections of the video include comments by New Black Panther activist Malik Zulu Shabazz. Shabazz would become the leader of the New Black Panthers shortly after the 2000 rally.

The video features Sharpton’s affirmation of the New Black Panthers and Shabazz declaring solidarity with Sharpton.

After leading a call that has the “black jury” finding “white America” guilty of “injustice and racism,” Shabazz calls on black young people, including “gang members,”  to unite against the “common enemy.”

Shabazz goes on to articulate a “black dream that when we see caskets rolling in the black community…that we will see caskets and funerals in the community of our enemy as well.”

I talked with Rev. Sharpton Tuesday evening about his concerns over the video. He disagreed with The Blaze characterization of the event as a “Sharpton rally.”  He explained that his National Action Network was a co-sponsor of the event along with the Southern Leadership Christian Conference.

Sharpton further explained that he disagreed with the message of Shabazz and says he expressed his disagreement at the time. I asked Sharpton how and when he made that expression. He indicated that the overall tone of the “whole rally” made the message clear. Further, he said that he was asked about Shabazz’s comments at a news conference after the event. Sharpton said he did not remember hearing Shabazz’s “caskets” comments. He recalled being asked if he agreed with Shabazz’s view that the dream of Dr. King had become a “nightmare.” He said he indicated his disagreement with that sentiment. The Blaze could not independently verify Sharpton’s recollection about the news conference.

We did reexamine the video of the event. Sharpton does return to the podium immediately after Shabbaz. He makes no comment about Shabbaz’s speech and simply moves on to introduce the next speaker.

I did ask Rev. Sharpton about his charge that the “Restoring Honor” rally would “disgrace this day.”  Sharpton said he felt that the actual event was different than how he believed Glenn Beck had originally characterized it, but that he didn’t want to get into a “name calling thing with him.” After he expressed some areas of agreement with Beck, I asked him for his current opinion of the 8/28 event. He said it was “fine.”

Comments (331)

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  • Gunner
    Posted on August 31, 2010 at 10:31pm

    Hey Al….Have you apologized to those kids at Duke yet ?

     
  • Cemoto78
    Posted on August 31, 2010 at 10:30pm

    Al, your lies and deceit is catching up to you. You tried to spin this on O‘Reily and that didn’t work. The clip on Becks show today really shows your lies. You continue to try and keep the racial divide going as much as possible. Time for some soul searching, Rev. Sharpton, it’s not too late for you to close the book on race baiting and really try to unite all Americans regardless of race, religion, etc.

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    • marysunshine564
      Posted on August 31, 2010 at 10:35pm

      Tell me again why he deserves the title of Reverand?

       
  • Cravingtruth
    Posted on August 31, 2010 at 10:30pm

    Al Sharpton is a has-been. May he gracefully fade away into the past. Thanks for the
    brilliant website.

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  • marysunshine564
    Posted on August 31, 2010 at 10:29pm

    Can anyone tell me exactly why one should care what Al Sharpton has to say? He was “ordained” at the tender age of “9 or 10” per his bio…has no legitimate job, other than to deem himself all important and knowledgable about race relations, simply because of his skin color. Why does the media cover this clown?

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    • babysealclubber
      Posted on August 31, 2010 at 10:56pm

      I agree with you & the only explanation I can give is because he gets face time, so he becomes the “de facto” spokesman for the race industry. Like Paris Hilton, he’s famous————for being famous. The light at the end of the tunnel, I believe, is that his act (along with J. Jackson’s) is a rapidly depreciating asset. As more & more minorities move up the American food chain in politics/business his blatant race baiting simply won’t resonate. I believe that process is beginning to accelerate.

       
  • tnjgonser
    Posted on August 31, 2010 at 10:27pm

    I am very proud to be a glenn beck supporter, we have diffrent religious views, That is what America is all about, why cant AS relize that and understand it.

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  • Bama056
    Posted on August 31, 2010 at 10:27pm

    Love the new site Glenn..

     
    • aspellman
      Posted on August 31, 2010 at 11:32pm

      Apparently not dumbed down enough for you, super fly. Maybe Dr. Seuss is more your speed.

       
    • aspellman
      Posted on August 31, 2010 at 11:37pm

      Then why don‘t you leave this awful site because trying to make us all look like dumb cretans like you isn’t gonna work.

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  • Conservative102
    Posted on August 31, 2010 at 10:25pm

    2 words…. Tawanna Brawley….nuff said

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  • ehorton
    Posted on August 31, 2010 at 10:25pm

    Sharpton isn’t the first or only one of a long line of “wolves in sheep’s clothing” Christ so characterized the false power-mongers whom He said would “rend and tear the flock”, and warned the faithful to “Be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.” Sharpton and his fellow, false, ‘spiritual’ leaders have it backwards. Jesus said to Pilate: “My kingdom is not of this world, for then my servants would fight.” He set the example of meekness before brutality, and so we should likewise…the contrast is profound–as it was between the the two rallys on 8/28.

     
  • Run4Cover
    Posted on August 31, 2010 at 10:24pm

    The truth shall set you free but race baiting will make you rich and famous. Sharpton is a disgrace to America and American ideals.

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  • RonH
    Posted on August 31, 2010 at 10:24pm

    I have said this for many years, Al Sharpton promotes racism and tries to use it when any speak against what he supports and his views and without it, he’s out of work.

     
    • RonH
      Posted on August 31, 2010 at 10:27pm

      I would like to add that I am definately not a racist.

       
    • Perseus
      Posted on August 31, 2010 at 11:34pm

      Ronh… Never play defense always offense.

      It just a food fight… If you have to give up the puck dump it deep and go get it.

      Keep your head up and your stick on the ice.

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    • Hellpig
      Posted on September 1, 2010 at 2:32am

      The left over played the race card it is now null and void

      Hellpig  
  • joeyrussell
    Posted on August 31, 2010 at 10:21pm

    I believe that video says it all. Sharpton and the Panthers are nothing more than a walking, talking contradiction.

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  • SGHunter
    Posted on August 31, 2010 at 10:21pm

    It‘s been so long since I’ve read real journalism with intelligent questions and follow up! Kudos, Scott Baker!

     
  • LAUS DEO
    Posted on August 31, 2010 at 10:20pm

    You can see that some people will always use the us verses them type of speech. Glenn never said anything about having anything black or white. I think Martin Luther King Jr. had a message about people eventually getting to the place where color was not an issue. In fact when he mentioned color it was all about us all living together as he paints a picture where what color you are will only serve as a testimony of what God can do to bring us together. We will never achieve his “Dream” so long as any race uses the us verses them mentality. Remember your scars can either keep you in the past or propel you into the future and ultimately into your destiny.

     
    • ginsberg
      Posted on February 18, 2011 at 1:30am

      Dont act like beck is a saint. He uses race and religion to push people apart, he is the single most dishonest individual in mass media today and that is saying something.

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  • SlightlyOffAxis
    Posted on August 31, 2010 at 10:19pm

    I believe the tempered response to the follow-up questions about Glenn Beck and the 8/28 event are the direct result of Glenn having stated, on several occasions, that he has no personal animosity toward Al Sharpton. I believe this is an example of the success of the driving theme behind Glenn’s message, one of love and its source, and the true measure of a man is a forgiving spirit in the face of undeserved assailing. This truth resonated with Al Sharpton at his core, and his truer character was compelled to respond in that light.

    GlintoftheScythe  
    • Captain America
      Posted on September 1, 2010 at 12:01am

      I disagree. I don’t think that was his inner character. I think he had the light of truth thrust in his face, and he couldn’t respond. Maybe he should get a portable teleprompter.

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    • SlightlyOffAxis
      Posted on September 1, 2010 at 7:31am

      On the surface I can appreciate your sentiment. I would suggest that the targeted attacks on Glenn would put him in a better position to articulate what I am about to suggest as he is currently a target because he hold truth and openly speaks of it and would admit that his oppression is to a lesser degree then Al Sharpton found himself in when he promoted truth. It was not so many years ago that terrible oppression was thrust upon the black people in America, and I cannot imagine the scars left and bitterness engendered in him and others in the civil rights movement that were endured as a simple fact of life simply because of their color. When you add to that the years of targeted abuse in every form, from repeated physical violence that was largely endorsed by the culture, legislative impediments to full citizenship, and systemic oppression, I understand the resentment and fear of letting go. I compare it to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. If you are forced to suffer enough it, on some levels, it changes who you are, and I think that is the Al Sharpton who uses inflammatory speech based in part on that remembered pain and fear. I think that is also why he refused to go on the attack of Glenn and the 8/28 event because that truer part of him, undamaged by the lifetime of abuse, still can see the light and sees it in Glenn. Violence can change people in tragic and unexpected ways and everyone has their breaking point. I maintain that there is still light in Al Sharpton and Glenns intentions, on some level, mitigate Al’s experience just enough to consider trusting again.

      GlintoftheScythe  
  • enlighten77
    Posted on August 31, 2010 at 10:17pm

    Amazing how someone can DENY something that is caught on videotape. I am so thankful to Glenn for starting this site. I love it!!

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    • JayCee
      Posted on September 1, 2010 at 7:24am

      Ditto!

       
  • AMY
    Posted on August 31, 2010 at 10:17pm

    @JROB61 – you took the thought out of my head. O’Reilly played the clip of him saying “they disgraced the day…” and then Sharpton sat in his chair and denied he said it!
    He is back peddlin’ big time and I hope he is continued to be confronted with his hypocrisy.

     
  • DragonLady
    Posted on August 31, 2010 at 10:15pm

    I watched Glenn’s rally on television only because I was physically unable to be in DC. It was wonderful to see and hear. I also watch Glenn’s show religiously. Today he aired video of a short conversation with AS in April. I had to give the man (Glenn) a round of applause for showing AS for the “racist” HE IS!!…AS is an a** of the highest caliper and if anyone disgraced the memory of MLK it WAS NOT GLENN BECK!! Kudos Glenn, keep up the fight, we all need our eyes opened. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    DragonLady  
    • JayCee
      Posted on September 1, 2010 at 7:35am

      Check out the radio show too. If it is not broadcast in your area live streaming is available at several web sites.

       
    • henow75
      Posted on September 1, 2010 at 9:38am

      It felt good to be an America……go Beck.

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  • jrob61
    Posted on August 31, 2010 at 10:09pm

    If we could place a generator on Al Sharpton’s back peddle machine we could solve the energy debate.

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  • Iluvmycountry
    Posted on August 31, 2010 at 10:08pm

    Obviously, Rev. Sharpton is completely confused of late……Nothing in the “Restoring Honor” brought disgrace nor shame to Martin Luther King. If anything, MLK would be proud that his dream lives on in all of America. Rev. Sharpton should be ashamed, as he continues to push the racists envelope at every opportunity causing mayhem in the process. Really? Al Sharpton is a racists.

     
    • tbatkins
      Posted on August 31, 2010 at 10:47pm

      100% agree. I think MLK would be disappointed in his own race at this point

       
    • Perseus
      Posted on August 31, 2010 at 11:20pm

      Hey Super Fly (*****)

      Living the Dream it’s called Detroit,Flint, Cleveland, Ft. Wayne and every other big city that is starting to look like the third world countries our troops are fighting terror.

       
  • kcrad
    Posted on August 31, 2010 at 10:07pm

    Scott,
    Thanks for keeping us updated. Am enjoying the site.

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  • Philo Beddoe
    Posted on August 31, 2010 at 10:05pm

    I never knew what being in the throws of death meant” but Al Sharpton is demonstrating what it means

    Here we see a middle aged radical, attempting to hold onto whatever power he may have which is rapidly diminishing due to the fact he is being exposed as a fraud and a opportunist. Even the blacks that once followed him have moved on and built a life for themselves realize he is the problem not the solution.

    Philo Beddoe  
    • D-D-D-Dave
      Posted on September 1, 2010 at 12:43am

      Never mind about the duck, philo – thought you were philo I know from another site.

      *PATRIOT*GAMES*  
  • itsamre
    Posted on August 31, 2010 at 10:02pm

    Funny how all the reports stated that the Glenn Beck rally “was mostly white” but did not say that the Rev’s rally was mostly black? I do not think that was a part of Dr. Kings “Dream” at all. At least they were all in the same place/area on the same day without any fighting, so we have come that far!

     
    • Jaren
      Posted on August 31, 2010 at 10:12pm

      Good point

       
    • Captain America
      Posted on August 31, 2010 at 11:57pm

      Yes! Watch out for what the msm doesn’t say.

      Captain America  
    • JayCee
      Posted on September 1, 2010 at 7:01am

      Save for one, the msm also made little mention of any of the featured guests and speakers at Restore Honor, even Alveda King. The msm made it sound like it was the Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin show.

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    • Zaphod
      Posted on September 1, 2010 at 7:15am

      I also find it funny that Rev. Al can cherry pick his rally and words saying that they do not match the OVERALL TONE so EVERYTHING is okay … whereas he cherry picked Glenn‘s statements on Obama being racist and say’s that one commentary reflects Glenn’s OVERALL TONE …

      Race mongers are funny that way.

      Zaphod  
    • henow75
      Posted on September 1, 2010 at 9:28am

      Al Sharpton had to realize he alone doesn’t own Martin Luther King…that came as a surprise to him he doesn’t know quiet yet how to deal with this revelation……

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  • seanhodges
    Posted on August 31, 2010 at 9:59pm

    I wonder how it is that Al Sharpton considers himself a reverend when he spews jealousy and hatred? I thought people of the cloth were suppose teach tolerance and love for one another.

     
    • Carole Parkinson
      Posted on September 1, 2010 at 6:03am

      Sharpton, instead of putting out the fires of racism, ignites them at every chance he has. Such an abuse of his position, and such incendiary thoughts and words are a disgrace and do nothing to help racial relations in this country which many have been striving to improve for many many years. It is a real shame and damages so many.

       
    • bjriverspeters
      Posted on September 2, 2010 at 5:46am

      No – YOU’RE thinking about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. In order to gain more adherents to the Liberation Theology gospel (an oxymoron for sure because that has nothing to do with Good News), you have to put your energies toward showing black people how they have been, presently are, and will continue to be, under the shoe of the white man UNLESS they’re willing to “act up”, and turn it upsidedown.

       
  • Loki
    Posted on August 31, 2010 at 9:59pm

    Lying Al… tell is another story…..
    Who is the racist Al? peace loving group at glenn rally or your black panther buddies….

    Loki  
    • Perseus
      Posted on August 31, 2010 at 11:10pm

      Hey Super Fly (*****) why do you think you’re entitled to anything based on skin color?

      I know why black and white people are poor?

      Dead beat dads.

       
    • henow75
      Posted on September 1, 2010 at 9:34am

      We always knew about Al Sharpton, But it was never plainer to see how in my opinion racist he is . Al Sharpton exposed.

       
  • Lando Lincoln
    Posted on August 31, 2010 at 9:58pm

    Al Sharpton and his ilk disgrace the message of Dr. King. It’s tragic.

     
    • Lunar
      Posted on September 1, 2010 at 2:22am

      We have to listen to all the voices. When there is only one voice democracy is dead. Besides there professional trolls not engaging them, patting them on the head and saying you have a right to your opinion infuriates them.

      Lunar  
    • BeHeardAmerica
      Posted on September 1, 2010 at 6:12am

      Al Sharpton, probably not much different then most of us, trying to hold on to what he can, when in truth he will only find his answer in letting go and letting God.

      BeHeardAmerica  
    • henow75
      Posted on September 1, 2010 at 9:32am

      Al Sharpton exposed.!!!

       
    • NunyaBiz
      Posted on September 1, 2010 at 12:30pm

      IF THE NETWORKS ARE SMART … they’ll book the eloquent conservative activist, Ted Hayes, as a frequent guest to debate these race hustlers like Sharpton …

      Ted Hayes Debates Rev. Eric Lee on Glenn Becks Restoring Honor Rally in Washington DC
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o33ksx9Fzqg&feature=email

       
    • felicidad
      Posted on September 2, 2010 at 3:08am

      Totally agree. 100% of the time Sharpton and others like him capitalizes on racism. Very sad. And they always get media time. Appalling.

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  • dumbugga
    Posted on August 31, 2010 at 11:39pm

    How long have you worked for Media Matters? It‘s time for you to move out of your mother’s basement and get a real job!
    By the way, you may want to go to night school and learn how to spell.

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  • cswnow
    Posted on September 1, 2010 at 12:20am

    Aw you poor thing. Typical liberal troll who probalby got ghosted over at hufftard.

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  • cep78070
    Posted on September 1, 2010 at 12:33am

    That’s funny… It‘s Supper *****’s name with the caps off and it’s an l not an i… See what I mean… PLANT! And you fell for it or are part of it… Bet he is getting a better deal from the Soros money! Perhaps you should re-negotiate the terms of your deal. Have a great Day!

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  • aspellman
    Posted on August 31, 2010 at 11:49pm

    No Kidding! I‘m glad I’m not the only one about to scream at the totally lame attempt to look like a moron. Of course, maybe it was waaayyy too easy for them.

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  • CAPTAIN AMERIKKKA
    Posted on September 1, 2010 at 12:25am

    You are 1 dumb bugga you know that …. apparently.

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  • TooMuchTodd
    Posted on September 1, 2010 at 1:03am

    c,mon…when you type in a lower case “L” is looks like this – I …an “I”

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  • NotALib
    Posted on September 1, 2010 at 1:34am

    SUPPER ***** is just a plant and an idiot. There were almost 300 of them at Al’s hate rally; I’m sure some of them are going to show up here.
    Al Sharpton is a tax cheat and a hate monger. He needs to keep the hate alive, otherwise he has no purpose.

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  • NotALib
    Posted on September 1, 2010 at 1:44am

    You sound like you are an illiterate.

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  • PABirdlover
    Posted on September 1, 2010 at 4:15am

    TooMuch, this is your statement verbatim: “All I need is for him to log back in for 1 minute and his hard drive is mine. I don’t want any liberal plants or racists of any kind in here. Reasonable chat on hot topics is enough.”

    That is a threat, and I think you should be excused from being here, since threatening people is intimidating and frightening, not to mention illegal. Furthermore, you say you don’t want any liberal….racist of any kind here…Well, then you may need to leave too. Because calling someone the N word, and to threaten them places you in that category of racism, and terrorist, because you threatened to destroy someone, or their property. We have had enough of that in the UNITED STATES. Time to “RESTORE HONOR”.

    The N word and being threatened is very offensive, and NOBODY deserves being called that word, or to be threatened. Faith, Honor and Charity!!

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  • PABirdlover
    Posted on September 1, 2010 at 4:46am

    TooMuch, why do you choose to be a racist if you don’t like racism? Calling someone the N word is no better than the next racist. To threaten someone is no different than the next person who threatens. Think before speaking, or typing. If you don’t want to be called a racist, and you don’t believe you are, then watch what you say, or what you post online. Don’t judge color, but charactor.

    Just my thoughts. God Bless you TooMuch. “RESTORE HONOR” Faith, Hope and Charity.

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  • TooMuchTodd
    Posted on September 1, 2010 at 1:48am

    If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck…

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