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The Reverend Al Sharpton organized a rally of about 400 people outside the Suffolk County courthouse to protest the conviction of a black homeower in a white teen's death. They chanted, "Step down, DA, step down, DA" as well as "Free John White! Free John White!"
John White was found guiltyof manslaughter for shooting a teenager, Daniel Cicciaro Jr., in the summer of 2006. White claimed he felt threatened when he saw Cicciaro and other white teenagers surround his house trying to seek revenge on White's son Aaron over a perceived insult. The teens had also allegedly used racial epithets, leading his defense lawyers to describe the scene as a lynch mob. Prosecutors, however, said White could have stayed inside, locked the door, and called the police.
After the verdict was read, two jurors came forward to say they felt pressured, partly by the rest of the jury, partly by the judge who was urging the jury to come to a decision before the holidays, to change their verdicts to guilty. White's lawyers have said they are considering an appeal, suggesting that the teens had created a threatening atmosphere by gathering outside the White home in a "lynch mob."
At the rally, White told the crowd, which was made up of mostly blacks but also included some whites and Hispanics, "There is a road ahead. I don't know what it may bring, yet I know that God will walk with me through the fire." And Sharpton said, "We will raise this to a level of national attention until those young men are brought to justice. Stand up brothers and sisters, don't you back down, rise up for justice, rise up for fairness. We will win because God is on our side!"
Shaprton also added that he would organize protests at the homes of the white teens who threatened the White family: "We won't be drunk and threatening like those kids were. We are going to let the world know where you live."
White faces sentencing on February 2po.
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Al Sharpton is the only racist here.
Oh dang, my ass is going to git shot that day.
"We are going to let the world know where you live."
Incite much? Al Sharpton is a racist instigator. His constant assertions that the entire justice system, from the cops up to the judges, are out to "get" black people are doing irreparable damage to this city and the country.
not to mention the black community themselves Muscley.
Glad to see white people who are sympathetic to mr. white's situation.
mr. white we are behind you one hundred percent.
If Al really cared about his community, he would be marching at the door of every violent felon in his community. Oh but I forgot, the violent felons in the black neighborhoods who terrore other black law abiding citizens is a rare occurence.
PS. Does this surprise anyone??
I believe Mr. White got a bad decison but why does the friend of the late James Brown have to stick his ugly face and expensive suits into this? He made Brown seem like a saint, while he was nothing but a common thug who happened to scream, shout and grunt very well. One is judged by their friends I have been told.
oh ... and where's the apology for the duke lacrosse team?
Sometimes I find it hard to figure out whether Sharpton is using his power for good or evil.
I'm sure if the situation was reversed he wouldn't care about the white kid who lives in an ethnic neighborhood and gets bashed and beaten for being white. After all where is he preaching about the black cop who killed the kid from the Lower East Side recently?
*puts on blonde wig* I guess all is peachy in the world...
he's doing good in my book.
kids (or Tresspassers) have been shot for less, look at that Japanese exchange student who was shot for going to the wrong house for a Halloween party.
God Bless You, Mr. White.
us real citizens are behind you. 2a all the way.
this about the only good thing sharpton has done in about 20 years.
i support john white.
I can sympathize with White being placed in the middle of a situation he did not create- the fight instigated by his friend's son between his son and these other kids. But he should have locked the door and called the cops. Instead he shot one of the kids in the face at point blank range. Not from inside the house, but out in the driveway. Why was he in the driveway instead of inside the house? Why not fire a warning shot to let the kids know you had a gun and were willing to use it? Sure sounds like manslaughter to me.
"Chalifoux said rather than lock the doors or call the police, John White armed himself with a unlicensed handgun and his son with a shotgun and went outside.
Gianelli disputed prosecutors' version, and said that John White was unknowingly followed by his son, who picked up the shotgun on his way out. Gianelli also said that John White told his wife, Sonya, to call the police. She did not.
Once outside, John and Aaron White were barraged with racial slurs, according to Gianelli. When John White turned to go back inside, Cicciaro grabbed for the gun, and it went off in his face, Gianelli said.
Suffolk Police Officer David Murray testified that when he arrived at the home minutes after the shooting, John White put out his hands and told Murray "he did what he had to do ... 'You might as well put the cuffs on me.' "
This guy made a bad situation much worse than it should have been by reacting with guns instead of reason. It was a mistake on his part, resulted in the death of another person, and that's manslaughter.
Shaprton [sic] also added that he would organize protests at the homes of the white teens who threatened the White family: "We won't be drunk and threatening like those kids were. We are going to let the world know where you live."
Yeah, that makes sense. Their friend was shot dead, let's go protest at their homes.