Hundreds of angry people marched through Harlem on Saturday after the Rev. Al Sharpton promised to "close this city down" to protest the acquittals of three police detectives in the 50-shot barrage that killed a groom on his wedding day and wounded two friends.
"We strategically know how to stop the city so people stand still and realize that you do not have the right to shoot down unarmed, innocent civilians," Sharpton told an overflow crowd of several hundred people at his National Action Network office in the historically black Manhattan neighborhood. "This city is going to deal with the blood of Sean Bell."
So, let me get this straight. I seem to be confused. Because Al Sharpton and some people didn't get the guilty verdict they wanted, they can somehow dictate how other people live their lives? Officers fired upon someone who was trying to run them over with his car. 50 shots a bit excessive? Of course, unless it's a firefight. However, there's a few points I'd like to show.
People were shouting "KKK" and other racist overtones.
Sharpton was joined by the family of 23-year-old Sean Bell - a black man - and a friend of Bell who was wounded in the 2006 shooting outside a Queens strip club. Two of the three officers charged were also black.
They are simply playing the race card to gain sympathy. It makes them lose credibility when they do that. You can't play the race card every time and not have people look at you like the boy who cried wolf.
The rally at Sharpton's office was followed by a 20-block march down Malcolm X Boulevard and then across 125th Street, Harlem's main business thoroughfare, where some bystanders yelled out "Kill the police!"
Is that really the way you want things to be? What happens when the drug dealer down the road decides to rob you? Who are you going to call?
Simply put, Al Sharpton is milking this for the publicity, and trying to "close this city down" is your way of showing that you're acting like a baby. All you're going to do is interfere with people who are just trying to get to work and go about their day.
The officers went on trial and they were found not guilty by a judge. That's the end of it. Al Sharpton likes to use the courts for various other things and has repeatedly said "we'll see you in court". Well now that he didn't get his way, he's acting like a spoiled child.
Travis
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