Al Sharpton makes me want to puke. I remember the Tawana Brawley case quite well. The good ol' "reverend" (does he ever preach inside a church or just in front of cameras) had been instigating racial tensions for years before the case, but the Brawley stunt was his tour de force. He paraded for the public and maintained the incident had occurred despite all the evidence pointing to it being a hoax. An eyewitness said she actually saw Tawana smear herself with dog crap and crawl inside the garbage bag. There were no white racists on the scene.
One of the accused, Steven Pagones, later filed a civil suit against Sharpton and two attorneys representing Brawley. He won a judgment for $345,000, $65,000 of which were to be paid by Sharpton. Yet do you think he coughed up the money? No. The sleazy slug took up a collection from various notable blacks who paid it for him. Still to this day (perpetual state of denial), he claims the incident did in fact take place.
And this is who the black community looks toward for leadership. A man who has done nothing for blacks but use them for his own financial gain.