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...nine-member panel, which included political activist Rev. Al Sharpton, Philadelphia Police Commissioner John F. Timoney and Boston City Councillor Chuck Turner, condemned racism across the law enforcement system...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Law School Conference Examines Police Racism, Brutality | 12/8/2000 | See Source »

...Sharpton, a well-known activist against police brutality in New York City, urged minorities to take a more active role in their self-defense...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Law School Conference Examines Police Racism, Brutality | 12/8/2000 | See Source »

...When you are constantly brutalized and have no redress, then you must mobilize and protect yourself," Sharpton said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Law School Conference Examines Police Racism, Brutality | 12/8/2000 | See Source »

About half way into the court proceeding, civil rights activists Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton led separate processions down the street, chanting "Gore Got More, Gore Got More." As they passed by the Bush camp, the crowd broke into a chant: "President Bush, President Bush." From a lone Gore supporter elbowing his way through the crowd: "Yeah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Outside the Court, a War of Words | 12/1/2000 | See Source »

...group of entertainers needed somebody to laugh at; the other group needed somebody to be furious at. The impulse had as much to do with showbiz as with politics. When the post-election fray was joined by Jesse Jackson (whom one WABC spieler absently referred to as "Reverend Sharpton") and Robert Wexler ("one of the most vicious Clinton defenders," according to one of Grant's guests), the Radio Right hosts were ecstatic. They feed on familiar figures of liberal fun the way David Letterman milked the name "Buttafuoco" for years of monologues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio Free-Fire Zone | 11/10/2000 | See Source »

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