Al Sharpton once was asked why he always showed up for these things. He said the cops have the unions paying for their lawyers. The black people accused usually have no money for lawyers so his organization has the money.
That actually makes a lot of sense to me. But rioting is stupid.
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Al Sharpton used these types of events to raise his profile. Him appearing would normally guarantee that national news media picked up the story and that local officials were under a bigger spotlight.
His organization never paid attorney's fees for the victim's families. If anything he took kickbacks from ambulance chasers who lined up to take the (civil)cases filed by victim's families.
Money grab for Sharpton....either short term or long term, as it helps raise his profile as a "Black spokesman" I used to support Rev. Sharpton but I finally got wise to his game.
Nobody works for free.
Rioting is stupid though.For the same reason that terrorist attacks are wrong. Innocent people shouldn't suffer because of issues you have with SPECIFIC actions done by specific people.
