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Originally Posted by Ike Bana
Between you and me Bob, unless and until Al Sharpton makes some amends to those who he defamed in the Tawana Brawley fiasco, he would be well advised to keep his nose out of anything to do with any law enforcement incident.
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Tawana Brawley controversy
Main article:
Tawana Brawley rape allegations
"On November 28, 1987,
Tawana Brawley, a 15-year-old African-American girl, was found smeared with
feces, lying in a garbage bag, her clothing torn and burned and with various slurs and epithets written on her body in charcoal. Brawley claimed she had been assaulted and
raped by six white men, some of them police officers, in the town of
Wappinger, New York.
Attorneys
Alton H. Maddox and
C. Vernon Mason joined Sharpton in support of Brawley. A
grand jury was convened; after seven months of examining police and medical records, the jury found "overwhelming evidence" that Brawley had fabricated her story.
[78] Sharpton, Maddox, and Mason had accused the
Dutchess County prosecutor,
Steven Pagones, of racism and of being one of the perpetrators of the alleged abduction and rape. The three were successfully sued for defamation, and were ordered to pay $345,000 in damages, with the jury finding Sharpton liable for making seven defamatory statements about Pagones, Maddox for two, and Mason for one.
[79] Sharpton refused to pay his share of the damages; it was later paid by a number of black business leaders including
Johnnie Cochran.
[36]" Wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rev._Al...ey_controversy
They got their money Ike. Like him or not, he is a leader well liked in the black community and is a calming influence here.