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NEW YORK — The Rev. Al Sharpton on Saturday threatened to sue conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh for writing in a column that the civil rights leader played a role in two New York race riots.

In a column published by the Wall Street Journal on Saturday about his derailed bid to become part-owner of the St. Louis Rams, he accuses Sharpton and the Rev. Jesse Jackson of making comments that helped get him booted from a group that was trying to buy the NFL team.

Limbaugh derided Sharpton as having played “a leading role in the 1991 Crown Heights riot” and the “1995 Freddie’s Fashion Mart riot.”

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Those comments prompted a quick retort from Sharpton, who called both allegations false.

Sharpton was not present for or involved in the rioting in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights section in August 1991, during which hundreds of blacks were involved in attacks on the neighborhood’s Jewish residents. He did deliver a eulogy at the funeral of the youth whose death in a traffic accident triggered the violence, but that didn’t happen until the violence ended.

Sharpton also wasn’t present on Dec. 8, 1995, when a lone, black gunman burst into Freddie’s Fashion Mart, a Jewish-owned business in Harlem, started shooting and set the building on fire. Seven people died. There was no riot.

Sharpton’s organization had, like other black groups, been involved in picketing the business over its plans to expand into space occupied by a black-owned business, but he said he couldn’t be blamed for the madman’s rampage.

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“Unless Mr. Limbaugh apologizes and clarifies his statements, attorneys for Rev. Sharpton will move forward with a lawsuit,” said a written statement released Saturday by Sharpton’s spokeswoman. “He has the right to criticize Rev. Sharpton, but he does not have the right to accuse him of criminal activity, and riots and murders are criminal.”

A spokesman for Limbaugh, Tony Knight, of Sitrick and Company, did not immediately respond to an e-mailed request for comment.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Toni_Anthony/ Toni_Anthony

    HOW is Sharpton going to sue somebody for lying? Sharpton along with all other professed men of cloth/self appointed leader of the black race, is so full of themselves & S**T until it’s NOT funny! This man has an opinion just like Sharpton has one! But since he’s self appointed to begin with? I guess his opinion counts! PLEASE! Why this White Man AND/OR all others even entertain Fat Al with a response is beyound my understanding? Man let that fool be just what he is! A Fat Wind Bag who is fake, Fake & FAKE!!! I would not care IF I was born the color of Pink! Sharpton and all other’s would NOT get the satisfaction from me period flat out!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DCsTONY/ DCsTONY

    Al Sharpton, BLAH BLAH BLAH!!!..that all I here when he talks!! Even though Limbaugh is an Ahole, Sharpton is just as bad, he always riping into somebody..he can dish it out, but he cant take it!! Sharpton just loves publicity! I agree with tony anthony!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Kountry_Mayne/ Kountry_Mayne

    some one should teach AL how to tie his tie.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DARK-LYON/ DARK-LYON

    I have to say something…r ya’ll crazy DEFENDING RUSH LIMBAUGH…The RACIST OVER A CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER FIGHTING FOR U and ME…Some of ya’ll got it twisted…SOMEONE who walked with MLK…ALL YA”LL GET THE THIZZ FACE AWARD FOR sticking up for a RACSIST…F**K B***H ASS RUSH LIMBAUGH

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DARK-LYON/ DARK-LYON

    Try reading and understanding an article before commenting…this article is about Rush slandering The Rev’s name in other words lying…OK

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/_A_/ _A_

    @Toni_Anthony and your “supporters” Perhaps you should acquaint yourself with the law, and look up two terms. Libel and Slander. Just because you have freedom of speech, that doesn’t give you the right to make false allegations and in most cases it IS illegal. Its clear you don’t like the Rev, and thats your right, but you should be a little more mindful before writing nonsense! People have been sued for “lying” and have lost big money because of it for years. Now the funny thing I find about Rush, he is constantly threatening Republicans with getting them voted out of office, if he doesn’t agree with their stances on certain issues, to the point where Republicans are scared to death to say publicly, that Rush has no real position in the party, but now he is upset that others have used the same tactics against his owning a NFL team? I wasn’t in favor of people protesting his buying the team, its his money, so let him buy what he wishes, but he should he stop being hypocritical!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/_A_/ _A_

    @Dark-Lyon. I could have saved some typing if i read your reply first!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Toni_Anthony/ Toni_Anthony

    _A_! What the F**K that shyster going to sue to get out of me? I can’t rub 2 nickels together but I’M FREE! I don’t follow fake people, preachers or idoits in my life! It P**’s me off you got self appointed, self ordaned professed leader’s of the black race! I NEVER would denounce my race, but if being Black/African American brings me under the, “So-Called,” leadership of, “Self-Appointed @$@#$,” Man, I’M BI-RACIAL!!!

    P.S. For the record, “I don’t have supporters,” I’m a loner with plenty of sense to know fake, Fake, FAKE when I see it!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/_A_/ _A_

    Toni_Anthony! At this point, I have no clue what the hell you’re talking about, but that’s cool, it appears you’re on another mission here, that has very little to do with the topic of the article, so I say good luck to you, and I hope you get two nickels real soon, things are about to get real bad out here in a few!

    p.s by supporters, I was referring to DCsTONY.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/iPhukUrMowf/ iPhukUrMowf

    good for rev sharpton.. the more people that stand up against this hatred, the better… we have to hold people responsible for their actions… if *god forbid* obama gets assassinated, we can lay the blame directly on fox news and rush limbaugh for spreading hate and lies and taking america’s retards under their wings

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Toni_Anthony/ Toni_Anthony

    You are Right _A_! Thing’s are NOT going to get any better, ESPECALLY for people who allow themselves to be FOLLOWERS, be MANIPULATED & their BEST consistantly TAKEN AWAY? OR Shall I say, “CONNED,” AWAY!!! p.s. _A_! Of course you don’t have A CLUE!!!???

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/LastManStandingTall/ LastManStandingTall

    Isn’t Sharpton the same fat, black jackazz that called 3 people “racists” during the Tawana Brawley fiasco, failed to prove that and never apologized to the men after finding out that Tawana was full of shyt? Whoever made the libel/slander argument can shove that noise. If you’re keeping score like I am, the fat race-baiting reverend is still up by 2 in the baseless name-calling game…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Sub-Negro/ Sub-Negro

    Yeah where was good ole Al when he that kid got kid in Chicago? YTF was this n!gga doin a show on WWF: Raw. It’s not a good look for a so called preaher to be hosting this show. That is being a hypocrite.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Toni_Anthony/ Toni_Anthony

    IN CHICAGO this morning, “At 10:00 a.m.” in the same area where the last brawl/murder was at, it was a big a** brawl. SUNDAY MORNING at that? Jessie Jackson is more than likely BUSY $Spending the $500,000.00 for whatever reason the Obama Camp gave too them in the 1st place? I’m sure old JJ, Sr., got his cut! IF camera’s were there this morning? You can best believe JJ, Sr., would have been right their, but since this is NEW? Maybe tomorrow we will see his FACE SMASHED RIGHT Front & Center? What Black’s are Doing to Other Black’s are SICK & the 1st, 2nd, 3rd & now 4th Generations, will have to die off! There is NO HELPING THEM! All a sane person can do is keep on living, be safe, teach loved one’s to be safe, to watch out for one another BUT Stay Strapped Up & keep some form of protection on them AT ALL TIMES! I’m old school & by nature I’m prepared to chop and/or cut fire from 1 or more of the wannabee bad A**’s!!! I know this is off the topic of this blogg as I’m sure Mr. _A_ will mention that! But on the same note worth mentioning!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/gren1shaw2/ gren1shaw2

    Al sharpton go on and sue rush limbaughs ass.he’s mad that Ýou made other racist republicans have to deal with the fact that one of their leaders is no more than a old time racist.who hates anything black except clothes.that’s the reason he hates pres.obama with a passion.republicans are all soulless,with racist,venumous,hateful,vile,heinous desolatation filling that spot,and rush limbaugh is their king of soullessness.and he’s getting paid the amount of money he gets,because his boss knows that there are millions of other racist white people listening to him on his talk show,that will do anything he says.the republican party had him release the lonewolves,to kill pres.obama.but al sharpton is’nt afraid of him,and will fight him in court.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jazzwatch/ jazzwatch

    One is a frigging phoney, the other is a friggin racist…throw BOTH of them in the water and see which one comes up to the top…kinda like when you throw dog s**t in the watrer, huh?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/4_sa-kin/ 4_sa-kin

    Why is sharpton fighting this fight? who cares if he owns that time? it’s just football damn!!! Why isn’t sharpton debating all of these black on clack things and out pushing black men to be father to their young. Or standing against the spread of HIV. ni everytime a white right person speaks he get his jollies off. I don’t care about the right or the left let the guy live.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/bigtomb/ bigtomb

    I Don’t know If we have “CRACK BABIES” Blogging on this topic or what But none of you have the right to say anything bad about Al Sharpton! He’s done more for his people then anyone posting on here and you guys have probably sacrificed nothing this man has stood up for black folks for as long as I’ve known how many of you have went to jail, put your life in danger, traveled across the country let alone up the block for a black brother or sister you don’t know because of injustice have been commited. Until one oof you have done that and not just sat on your hands and complained you can’t say any thing about Rev sharpton or Jackson. yall some ungratefull niggas and thats why don’t no one wont to stick out their neck for you because if you don’t get what you want you will cut it off.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/4merHorse06/ 4merHorse06

    Has Al Sharpton done one little thing to try & stop the Black on Black epidemic? BUT, Heaven forbid, someone write something about the windbag & it’s time to whip out the lawyers. Phuque Al Sharpton!

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