Rev. Al Sharpton reacts to criminal sodomy charges leveled at NYPD

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By April MacIntyre Oct 25, 2008, 20:38 GMT

Rev. Al Sharpton has called for full investigation of criminal sodomy charges leveled at five members of the New York police department.

Rev. Al Sharpton has called for full investigation of criminal sodomy charges leveled at five members of the New York police department. © Jay Kravetz / PR Photos"I don't care if the cops were blacks and he was white or vice versa," claims Rev. Al Sharpton to the New York Daily News, speaking in support of a man who has accused five NYPD cops of a sodomy attack.Michael Mineo, a white man, claimed New York cops raped him with a walkie-talkie him after busting him for smoking pot in Brooklyn subway station. Mineo said the cops assaulted him on the platform of a Brooklyn subway station."I want to hear what he has to say," said Sharpton to the Daily News, accompanied by Michael Mineo's attorneys, Steven Jackson and Kevin Mosely. "I haven't come to any conclusions.""Even police witnesses acknowledge seeing the pants pulled down," he said. "There's a lot to it. And the man didn't make up an injury to his rectal area."The visit was on the heels of Sharpton's rado show where he called for action."I don't care if the cops were blacks and he was white or vice versa," Sharpton said."They are to enforce the law, not be above the law."Sharpton likened the Mineo case to Abner Louima, the Haitian immigrant sodomized by cops in 1997."Something that is very strange happened," Sharpton said. "Something that needs to be properly and objectively investigated."Mineo spent four days in Brookdale University Medical Center, officials there confirmed; he was admitted to Brooklyn Hospital less than a week later because he was bleeding from his rectum, said attorney, Steven Jackson."He's not doing very well right now," Jackson said, after the live broadcast on WLIB Radio 1190 AM."We have witnesses who collaborate the rendition of the facts given by our client," he said."The cops did this to me," Mineo said exclusively to the Daily News. "They did it to me. I'm in so much pain now."The Brooklyn District Attorneys Office is investigating. The NYPD denied the charges.

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ahhh SharptonOct 25th, 2008 - 21:16:21

Al Sharpton is sp4's brother-in-law in case anyone is interested.
he plays with his nut's too just like sp does

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ScrotumOct 26th, 2008 - 01:39:32

AL SHARPTON BABY! COME OVER HERE AND DEFEND ME!

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SP4: ahh...dickheadOct 26th, 2008 - 01:51:58

..no one asks where you've been...ever...

Sharpton..think 'total lack of credibility'...

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JenDec 11th, 2008 - 12:53:20

This crime is a symptom of the War on Drugs! The illegal status of cannabis (marijuana) enables abuse of citizens who aren't causing anyone else harm. Mineo is a victim in the US government's War on Americans who use drugs. The FBI's own statistics prove that more people (over 800,000/year) are arrested for cannabis than for ALL violent crimes COMBINED!!! That's all arrests for murder, rape, robbery, etc. Is this a proper use of the justice system when this country has a higher murder rate than other industrialized nations? When one in four women are the victim of sexual abuse?! Many of these arrests occur right in NY City, where there is a high population of people and many of them are arrested for public use of the herb, which is a misdemeanor. Possession has been decriminalized for over 30 years; 25 grams or less is a violation that does not require arrest; just a court appearance ticket. Getting caught in the act of smoking is a lot worse for people in NY City. If cannabis were legal, there would not be this opportunity for police to abuse people who are harming no one!

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