After wreaking all the damage one man can possibly inflict in Ferguson, Mo., and Baltimore, Md., race provocateur Al Sharpton has moved his traveling freak show to Cleveland, Ohio.
Looking to capitalize on Officer Michael Brelo’s acquittal this week in the shooting death of Tamir Rice, Sharpton spoke at the Olivet Institutional Baptist Church on Friday, and in predictable fashion, flipped the truth on its head.
“I didn’t come to Cleveland to start trouble,” said Sharpton, an MSNBC host with a history of throwing gasoline on proverbial fires. “I came to stop it.”
Employed at a network that served as little more than an extension of the Democratic Party’s campaign apparatus in 2008 and 2012, Sharpton let it be known that 2016 will be no different, making what some are interpreting as a threat.
“You will not have an election without Republicans addressing policing,” he said.
Can you spot the reason this innocent statue caused an UPROAR?
It doesn’t seem to matter that the data does not support Sharpton’s claim that police target young black men. Some, like the protesters in the “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” campaign, will continue to insist the farce is true, and Sharpton will keep leading the charge.
19 Action News reporter Sara Goldenberg live-tweeted from the event:
Packed house at Olivet Institutional Baptist Church in #Cleveland to hear Rev. #AlSharpton speak @19ActionNews pic.twitter.com/bWSmmUyLqU
— Sara Goldenberg (@SaraGoldenberg) May 29, 2015
Rev. #AlSharpton “I didn’t come to #Cleveland to start trouble, I came to stop it.” @19ActionNews
— Sara Goldenberg (@SaraGoldenberg) May 30, 2015
Rev. #AlSharpton on #GOP convention in #Cleveland: “You will not have an election without Republicans addressing policing.”
— Sara Goldenberg (@SaraGoldenberg) May 30, 2015
According to the response on social media, the reverend’s act is growing old. Very old. But the photo Goldenberg posted proves that there’s no shortage of low-information voters willing to turn out to hear him agitate.
Here’s a sampling of the reaction from Twitter:
@SaraGoldenberg I’m not sure why he’s commenting on the RNC tonight. Not really the right time or place.
— Jessica Blevins (@JessBlevinsOH) May 30, 2015
@SaraGoldenberg threat?? What a jerk!!
— Heidi (@reshas) May 30, 2015
@SaraGoldenberg @19ActionNews as long as AL opens his mouth, there will never be racial peace. He’s an antagonist. False preacher.
— RockUnderTheLake \m/ (@UnderLakeErie) May 30, 2015
@UnderLakeErie @SaraGoldenberg @19ActionNews A Tax Evading Felon. His buddy Barry @POTUS could use the 4.5 mil. the racist crimonal owes
— B Mac (@brianmcmillan58) May 30, 2015
@kitcat358 @SaraGoldenberg @19ActionNews And look for illegal $$ for NAN. The joke should be in Leavenworth for life. The @POTUS mob.
— B Mac (@brianmcmillan58) May 30, 2015
@SaraGoldenberg @19ActionNews – Dear God I wish he’d just go off and retire in the Caribbean
— Irish Eyes ‘r smilin (@mmoore229) May 30, 2015
@SaraGoldenberg @19ActionNews pay your taxes deadbeat he should be in prison
— ELECT PAVARINI (@ELECTPAVARINI) May 30, 2015
@720Heath You know our country is in trouble when a self-serving race-baiter like Sharpton can bend Obama’s ear at will. #Dissent4Hire
— Lighten up, Francis (@Peachy14_IU) May 30, 2015
Has anything good ever come from the involvement of Al Sharpton?” @SaraGoldenberg @19ActionNews #WakeUpAmerica
— Janie Johnson (@jjauthor) May 30, 2015
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