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Re: Al Sharpton's Secret Work As FBI Informant
Seriously, Al might be ratting out a lot of cats we don't know about.
The mob was probably the biggest group though.
Never trust an old black man with a perm.
Seriously, Al might be ratting out a lot of cats we don't know about.
The mob was probably the biggest group though.
Never trust an old black man with a perm.
Re: Al Sharpton's Secret Work As FBI Informant
seriously ball?
activist vs entertainer.
Edit: People actually put some faith into Al when it comes to fighting for a certain cause.
I love James Brown, but he was nothing more than an entertainer. That's what he is remember for. This isn't a debate.
James Brown was a FBI informant too ???
seriously ball?
activist vs entertainer.
Edit: People actually put some faith into Al when it comes to fighting for a certain cause.
I love James Brown, but he was nothing more than an entertainer. That's what he is remember for. This isn't a debate.
Re: Al Sharpton's Secret Work As FBI Informant
you didn't say an activist with a perm now did you. ?
you didn't say an activist with a perm now did you. ?
Re: Al Sharpton's Secret Work As FBI Informant
Another fucking thing.
How can Al get so close to the mob to be an informant?
He had to do some dirt with them to be allowed in their circle.
Another fucking thing.
How can Al get so close to the mob to be an informant?
He had to do some dirt with them to be allowed in their circle.
Re: Al Sharpton's Secret Work As FBI Informant
There something to it though..
Could this be a DOJ move to keep Al in line?
There something to it though..
Could this be a DOJ move to keep Al in line?
source: Houston Chronicle
Al Sharpton says report of FBI cooperation not new
The Rev. Al Sharpton said Tuesday that a report that he spied on New York Mafia figures for the FBI in the 1980s is old news, and he said that he never considered himself an informant.
"In my own mind I was not an informant," Sharpton said. "I was cooperating with an investigation."
Sharpton called a news conference at his Harlem headquarters to talk about a story posted Monday on the website The Smoking Gun that said he had recorded conversations with mobsters.
The website said Sharpton was recruited by a police-FBI task force to record conversations with Mafia figures using electronic equipment hidden in a briefcase. It said Sharpton was known as Confidential Informant No. 7 in court papers.
Sharpton said he went to the FBI after he was threatened by mobsters working in the music business, a story he recounted in his 1996 book, "Go and Tell Pharaoh."
He read a passage from the book Tuesday and said, "Nothing new about that story."
Sharpton acknowledged using a recording device in a briefcase but said he did nothing wrong.
"In this situation I did what was right," he said.
The Smoking Gun posted dozens of pages of documents that it said showed Sharpton's dealings with mob figures. Sharpton said his lawyers would review the documents.
Sharpton said he was not an associate of mobsters but was threatened by mob figures who controlled the music business.
He said he went to the FBI and said, "I'm being threatened. These are the kinds of guys you should be going after."
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Al Sharpton says report of FBI cooperation not new
The Rev. Al Sharpton said Tuesday that a report that he spied on New York Mafia figures for the FBI in the 1980s is old news, and he said that he never considered himself an informant.
"In my own mind I was not an informant," Sharpton said. "I was cooperating with an investigation."
Sharpton called a news conference at his Harlem headquarters to talk about a story posted Monday on the website The Smoking Gun that said he had recorded conversations with mobsters.
The website said Sharpton was recruited by a police-FBI task force to record conversations with Mafia figures using electronic equipment hidden in a briefcase. It said Sharpton was known as Confidential Informant No. 7 in court papers.
Sharpton said he went to the FBI after he was threatened by mobsters working in the music business, a story he recounted in his 1996 book, "Go and Tell Pharaoh."
He read a passage from the book Tuesday and said, "Nothing new about that story."
Sharpton acknowledged using a recording device in a briefcase but said he did nothing wrong.
"In this situation I did what was right," he said.
The Smoking Gun posted dozens of pages of documents that it said showed Sharpton's dealings with mob figures. Sharpton said his lawyers would review the documents.
Sharpton said he was not an associate of mobsters but was threatened by mob figures who controlled the music business.
He said he went to the FBI and said, "I'm being threatened. These are the kinds of guys you should be going after."
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I have no idea how the "community" will respond, but it should take this opportunity to point out what appears to be in that particular case Sharpton's courage and note the short sightedness of "the community's" no-snitch approach when it comes to protecting the Black community.
Like informing on the Italian mob, which as Denzel Washington said as Frank Lucas, "has been sucking the blood out of Harlem for years," is not an honorable thing to do.
Only a right wing coon would think that there is something wrong with that!
Only a right wing coon would think that there is something wrong with that!
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That's the part that has always confused me on why Sharpton should be embarrassed or should lose any credibility over this. So working against organized crime is a bad thing?
Which also exposes the true intent of the so called Black 'republicans' and/or 'conservatives' commitment to his/their claim that they want the best for the Black community.