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...widespread conspiracy to murder Martin Luther King Jr., and the nation responds with a resounding ho-hum. Despite America's love affair with conspiracy theories, the trial was notable in its media absence. Court TV televised the opening days, then skipped town, and civil rights leaders, including Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson (who was at the assassination), have been quiet on the ruling. Even conspiracy-lover Oliver Stone allowed his option on the film rights to the murder expire. Of course, a trial that was based on defendant Loyd Jowers' six-year-old claim to a TV reporter that...
...enforcement people thought they really weren't doing anything wrong," Sharpton said. "They were reflecting the broader pull of American society...
...Sharpton described incidents of racially motivated police brutality, including the cases of Abner Louima and Amadou Diallo. He also discussed his involvement in recent roadblocks protesting racial profiling...
...Sharpton also urged his audience to take advantage of the new millennium to make a clean start and help society rethink old prejudices...
Afterward, there was a question-and-answer discussion in which Sharpton was asked if he endorsed any political candidates. Sharpton replied that he opposed current New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giulani, who is now running for a New York Senate seat...