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Home Front: Politix
Al Sharpton encourages demonstrators to keep protesting, but 'keep it nonviolent'
2020-09-26
[BIZPACREVIEW] Left-wing activist civil rights hustler Al Sharpton
...Tawana Brawley's spiritual advisor...
had a "message" for social justice demonstrators who have been protesting after a Kentucky grand jury’s decision on the case of Breonna Taylor.

The MSNBC host urged activists to "continue protesting" during an interview Thursday with anchor Hallie Jackson, but as downtown Louisville descended into a second night of protests, sometimes turning violent mostly peaceful, Sharpton suggested that people keep the demonstrations "nonviolent mostly peaceful."

"My message to the protesters, and many of them I worked with, is to continue protesting but keep it nonviolent mostly peaceful," Sharpton responded when Jackson asked for his message to those demonstrating in Louisville, where two officers were shot during riots Wednesday after the announcement on the Taylor case.

"You do not want to become like the people we’re fighting," Sharpton added.

"And also, turn your pain into power, vote," he said, suggesting that activists hold a "voter movement" against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell who represents the state of Kentucky, claiming that "that would send a message."

"It won’t bring justice, it will send a message," Sharpton said.

Last weekend, angry protesters had descended on McConnell’s home to complain about his decision to move forward with nominating and confirming a Supreme Court justice, filling the vacancy left by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg last week.

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Posted by:Fred

#11  Will no one rid us of this counterfeit fraudulent grifter pestilential pseudo-priest?
Posted by: Glomp Thud2693   2020-09-26 22:22  

#10  Nothing sadder than an aging con man.
"I used to be relevant!"
Posted by: SteveS   2020-09-26 19:37  

#9  I guess there are no Jews to riot against this time Al?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-09-26 16:55  

#8  I guess I just haven't seen the Right Reverend's mug on the screen...not even a click-bait headline on Yahoo.
Posted by: Clem   2020-09-26 11:36  

#7  "There's shakedown money to be made!"
Posted by: Frank G   2020-09-26 11:20  

#6  In it from the beginning.
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-09-26 09:51  

#5  Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson call for murder charges against Minneapolis police officers
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-09-26 09:49  

#4  NFL, NBA, WNBA players should steer athletes away from Louisville, Kentucky amid Breonna Taylor case, Rev. Jesse Jackson says
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-09-26 09:48  

#3  In Kenosha, Jesse Jackson decries ‘system of racism in law enforcement’
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-09-26 09:47  

#2  Jesse Jackson condemns 'pillaging' in Chicago as 'humiliating, embarrassing'
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-09-26 09:47  

#1  Is Jesse Jackson still alive? I haven't heard a peep out of him through all this.
Posted by: Clem   2020-09-26 00:27  

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