Frasi di Al Sharpton

Il reverendo Alfred Charles "Al" Sharpton Jr. è un religioso, attivista e politico statunitense.

Occasionalmente lavora anche come attore, avendo al suo attivo numerosi cammei in spettacoli televisivi e film. Wikipedia  

✵ 3. Ottobre 1954
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Al Sharpton: Frasi in inglese

“I'll know how outraged I am when I know how many black people were on those flights.”

Attributed as a remark on The O'Reilly Factor on 13 October 2002. There was no episode of "The O'Reilly Factor" on this date.
Misattributed

“They tried to say that being gay is a sin, and I said that adultery is a sin. Adultery is responsible for breaking up more marriages, but do we put that in the Constitution? It’s absurd.”

Remarks announcing the National Action Network anti-homophobia campaign, quoted in Jamal Watson (3 August 2005) "Sharpton Pledges Fight Against Homophobia Among Blacks" New York Sun.

“Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.”

Protest against the police brutalization of Abner Louima (29 August 1997)[citation needed]

“I want his children to know: wasn't anything strange about your daddy. It was strange what your daddy had to deal with.”

Eulogy for Michael Jackson at his memorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MAKLq865bk (7 July 2009).

“If Jews want to get it on, tell them to pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house.”

Attributed as a remark during the Crown Heights riot (August 1991), but denied by Sharpton's attorney. See Jake Tapper (20 June 2003) " The Skeletons and Suits in Sharpton's Closet http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/06/20/sharpton" Salon.com.
Misattributed

“Though there were over 200 policemen standing around, none of them made a move to grab him.”

Go and Tell Pharaoh (1996), on being stabbed by Michael Riccardi.

“Clearly, [President Bush] lied. Now if he is an unconscious liar, and doesn't realize when he's lying, then we're really in trouble.”

Origine: Democratic presidental debate at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin held on 15 Feb. 2004 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44506-2004Feb15_4.html.

“What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?”

As quoted in National Review (20 March 2000).

“Mark Miller is my brother and I love him dearly.”

The Richard Bey Show (31 March 1988), accusing Pagones in the alleged gang rape of Tawana Brawley; The Brawley case was later dropped and Pagones sued Sharpton successfully for defamation

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