Sharpton's is one of the few Black voices that "keeps it real." He articulates the plight of Blacks in America like no other and is on top of every issue that affects them, Blacks need more people like Sharpton and Joe Madison to counter RW conservative political perspectives that often marginalize or criminalize the entire Black community. In effect Sharpton's show serves as a kind of early warning system that provides at least some advanced warning of any "purges" by murderous RW zealots like you!
FALSE! Sharpton is a phony, criminal, lying, tax-cheating, con-jobbing, race-hustler, who is in cahoots with Obama's race hustle machine, that hoodwinks young blacks into thinking they are oppressed, and should be angry about it (all the while that they are getting a whole list of privileges ahead of whites by affirmative action).
Sharpton then carries this "oppression lie" into cities like Sanford, FL, Ferguson, MO, New York City, and Baltimore MD, and threatens mayors (and governors) with race riots if they don't comply with his demands. Together with other race hustlers like Benjamin Crump, Marilyn Mosby, and Jesse Jackson, they also threaten US Justice Dept lawsuits, which the Justice Dept can afford, but the cities can't.
This despiscable MO is what has caused riots in these places, as politicians like "Give then space" Stephanie Rawlings and "Stand down" Jay Nixon became paralyzed to act against rioters, who they could easily have handled and prevented rioting. Instead they stood by, tying the hands of their police and National Guard, and letting the wild dogs run loose, looting, vandalizing, and burning their cities.
Sharpton's misdeeds go way back to his involvement in the Tawana Brawley case where she lied about being raped by some white guys, and Joe Madison is another racist fool, who is almost as bad as Sharpton. What Sharpton's TV show does is brainwash and lie, nothing much more. And it sounds like you have been brainwashed by it.
This phenomenon of black people lying if it is to support another black person, is disgusting and totally idiotic, yet we see it over and over as in the Trayvon Martin case, Michael Brown (some fools are still saying
"Hands up don't shoot", long after the liars admitted they had lied), the Eric Garner case, the Walter Scott case, and now this dopey Freddie Gray case. Every one of them pure, unmitigated BULLSHIT!
You need to read this link about Sharpton's guilt in the Tawana Brawley case and how he was sued by the one of the guys that he slandered (Asst DA Stephen Pagones) and Sharpton lost, and was fined $65,000, and lucky for him it was paid by his supporters, or he would have gone to jail (where he belongs). It is appalling that you could come into this forum and defend a low-life creep like Al Sharpton. Read the link. Every word of it.
Tawana Brawley rape allegations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia