Brooklyn, NY – The Rev. Al Sharpton condemned the beating of a yeshiva student by five black teens.
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Speaking in Harlem at an event commemorating Martin Luther King Day, Sharpton reportedly said that those who fight for their own rights are only as honorable as when they fight for the rights of all people.
Sharpton, the founder of the National Action Network, whose House of Justice hosted the event, went on to say that with bias or hate crimes, whether on the African-American community or not, it is important to speak up in order to gain moral authority.
The attack on Samuel Balkany, 16, is being investigated as a possible hate crime. Balkany said five teens in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood kicked and punched him while yelling anti-Semitic slurs after he left a friend’s house on the night of Jan. 18.
Rabbi Marc Schneier, the president of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, had encouraged Sharpton to stand with the Jewish community in condemning the attack in remarks preceding Sharpton. Schneier had been invited to speak at the event by Sharpton.
Other speakers included New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler [jta]
Charlie Hall 4:13PM Yes… But the list is much, much longer. As a matter of fact this murderer, charlatan and hypocrite has a lot of blood on his filthy paws!
the only guy who spoke good at the press confrence instead of puting out a yellow star he should have pulled out a gun permit
My two cents:
All the people on the dais with Mr. Hikind seemed to be on the same page: This must stop.
Sharpton on the other hand is always equivocating
(definition: to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead; prevaricate or hedge)
Please re-read what he said.
Is that a condemnation?
Rabbosai he is the same Sharpie Sharpton of the 1990’s
DO NOT BE FOOLED.
I remember when Sharpy Sharpton led a nasty, anti-Semitic march through Crown Heights on a Shabbos right after the 1991 riots. We were bracing for the next barrage of rioting which B”H never came. You want to THANK HIM for being pressured to condemn this racist attack?
Rabbosai, he invented modern-day racism. Not having TV I don’t know what he actually said, but I’d bet the farm it was very shvach.
He’s a con man.
Hippo-crite
as the saying goes about the bee ” we dont want your sting nor honey”
Now if he would also apologize to Steven Pagones….
What is the rev getting for this? he has to be getting SOMETHING! He cannot be trusted!
The only reason REV. Shapton came out from his hiding hole was only because he was forced to by local politicions. No other Reasons what so ever. . If it was up to him he would stil be in hiding.
NISHT TO VER ZOL LACHEN
There’s much that I disagree with Rev. Sharpton about, and much that I (and others) feel he needs to make amends for, but let’s give credit where credit is due.
Thank you Rev. Sharpton for speaking out on this issue.
The Wolf
This is what some people on this blog asked for.
Now how about Hikind and Sharpton get together?