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Originally Posted by jillio
Perhaps it is because people of color disproportionately are in need of representation due to the inequities in the justice system.
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I'm referring to the fact that the police in the Tawana Brawley case, and the college students at Duke had their character and reputations unfairly shredded. Did Sharpton repudiated his false accusations against them in sense of justice? No. There is no justice for the people he slanders and libels.
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And like I said, unless you have a complete list of all clients he has defended throughout his career, you can not unequicocally state that he does not defend caucasions.
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I can unequivocally state that he did NOT repudiate his slander against the defendants in the Brawley and Duke cases, nor did he repudiate his inflammatory words that resulted in riots and the deaths of Jews. They just happen to be Caucasian.
BTW, why do you refer to the people he supports as "clients"? Did they pay him for his public support? I wasn't aware of that.
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As a matter of fact, in the early 60's he represented both black and white individuals who were arrested during civil rights protests.
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How so? What do you mean "represented"? Was he a lawyer?
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Did the cops hire him as legal representation? Looks to me like it would have created a conflict of interest.
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Huh? He wasn't their lawyer. He slandered and libeled them. He used a lot of time on TV to bad mouth and accuse them. Did he expend as much energy and time to apologize and influence his cohorts to apologize? NO!
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I seriously doubt that any attorney makes it a practice to apologize after loosing a case, unless it is to his client.
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Sharpton was a prosecuting attorney? Are we talking about the same guy?
Sharpton made speeches at rallies against the falsely accused cops and students. That was NOT the role of an attorney. That was a rabble-rousing trouble maker who made slanderous statements against falsely accused people.
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Whether you agree with Al Sharpton's politics or not, is not the issue.
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I'm not even talking "politics." I'm talking personal character. He doesn't mind destroying the lives of people for his own benefit.
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By concentrating on that factor alone, you are simply feeding into what you have accused him of. You have changed the focus from the case being protested...the shooting of an unarmed man, and made it all about the Reverend Al.
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If you notice, I didn't start this thread. I didn't pick the topic. The thread has Al Sharpton's name in the title.
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Looks like the tactics that you have accused him of are pretty effective.
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Have I publicly made any false slanderous statements about Sharpton?
NOPE.