Gothamist: Sharpton Publicizes His Flash Mobs

dbc

Sun, 04 May 2008 16:15:43 -0500

Snoopy: According to Newsday, the so-called "pray-ins" are all scheduled for Wednesday at 3 PM.

Muscley Armed Paper Boy

Sun, 04 May 2008 13:15:00 -0500

How does Rev. Al expect people to show up to protest during the week? It will be hard for a lot of people to take off from work to--- oh, RIGHT. I thought Al wanted to ban the N word, not have thousands of people stuck in traffic screaming it with their windows rolled up.

harlemupandcoming

Sun, 04 May 2008 09:57:46 -0500

this is ridiculous. 5 locations? during a weekday. They had a protest IN Harlem on a weekend and only 100 people showed up. What? Will there be like one guy in the middle of traffic trying to disrupt it on Wednesday. Al sharpton should be arrested. If his was arab, he'd be in gitmo by now.

dooWOP

Sat, 03 May 2008 23:00:14 -0500

Anyone else notice that Nicole Paultre's two kids look nothing like their parents? Isn't there a point where stereotypes become reality and must be accepted?

west side Michael

Sat, 03 May 2008 21:50:55 -0500

I just hope that if any of our citizens die because an emergency vehicle cannot arrive in time to save them,that Rev. Sharpton should be responsible. I would sue him in a second if it were my family hurt.I might do more than sue him. This is stupidity and inciting mayhem. Are we now to protest every judge's ruling?

sonyactivision

Sat, 03 May 2008 21:45:36 -0500

They won't burn down their neighborhood since their property values rose too high. But maybe they'll take it out on "whitey businesses" like Starbucks and McDonalds.(although targeting the latter could have the unintentional consequence of a famine worse than anything seen in Somalia) -and sorry, babyhitler, according to the FBI, there have been no reported rapes in Algonquin since the 16th century...and that rapist was later exonerated because "raping" a girl in the midst of the Corn Dance was actually encouraged.

Peter

Sat, 03 May 2008 21:39:24 -0500

Sharpton really is a moron to choose Varick and Houston as a place to tie up traffic. For much of the day traffic already is tied up at that intersection due to cars heading toward the Holland Tunnel!

monkeylover

Sat, 03 May 2008 21:33:45 -0500

I hope Al plans this for the evening rush. We all know that the bacon doesn't start frying in the ghetto until 3:00 PM. Don't want my homies to miss breakfast.....

Steven

Sat, 03 May 2008 21:18:03 -0500

The Sean Bell case is closed and done with. The judge has made his final decision. Time to move on Sharpton and look for your next victim.

JDSX

Sat, 03 May 2008 21:03:26 -0500

Sharpton is a racist thug and the biggest pimp of black people.

shamanovsky

Sat, 03 May 2008 20:54:16 -0500

I hope they all get arrested, the way bikers are arrested during critical mass. Spare no one.

Snoopy

Sat, 03 May 2008 19:32:23 -0500

Is there like a web site or a mailer or something I can go to to find out the exact times of all these disruptions? Talk about someone that's lost in the sixties.

dooWOP

Sat, 03 May 2008 18:53:26 -0500

When are these people going to realize that Sean Bell was only a no good thug who was worth squat in the US of White America. I be just keepin it real, peoples.

Armchair_warrior

Sat, 03 May 2008 18:34:47 -0500

i think new yorkers are more ready for a riot than la during their riots.

ihateallbrokers

Sat, 03 May 2008 18:25:04 -0500

oh i cant wait for the riots!! whoohooo!

Dave Hogarty

Sat, 03 May 2008 18:19:06 -0500

I'll take civil disobedience over violent self-destructive rioting any day. I'm not sure what Sharpton envisions the endgame being with these protests, but I hope no one gets hurt.

Armchair_warrior

Sat, 03 May 2008 18:14:21 -0500

i wish they arrest him for inciting a riot.

Nunyah Bidnit

Sat, 03 May 2008 18:06:13 -0500

"The goal of the protests is to tie up traffic and force police to make arrests." How can Sharpton get away with this? He doesn't want to just protest - he wants to provoke the cops to make arrests, which just seems like baiting the already primed crowds to violence. Can't they arrest him in advance for inciting a riot? Ugh!

Armchair_warrior

Sat, 03 May 2008 17:57:46 -0500

hell if he keeps it in his own hood, good for him. if he goes into other peoples neighborhoods than well he'll get what people think of him.

berniegoetz

Sat, 03 May 2008 17:54:18 -0500

I think it would be a waste of taxpayer money to bother stopping the 125th St./3rd Ave protests. If Fat Albert wants to disrupt Harlem businesses, it will only beckon gentrification that much sooner.

Armchair_warrior

Sat, 03 May 2008 17:41:36 -0500

i would love to make a citizen arrest,if they allow us to carry guns too.

ihateallbrokers

Sat, 03 May 2008 17:40:47 -0500

wow forget traffic blocking protests, stinkbombs on the train, smokebombs on buses, burning cop cars, prankcall food deliveries, sit in protests at hipster hangouts, acid bombing real estate brokers windows, spraypainting taxi cabs, penny deposits on line at the bank, glue blocked atm machines, stuffed parking meters,

JacqueMehoff

Sat, 03 May 2008 17:40:19 -0500

those locations are no fun, have a few in Bensonhurst and Wall street, stock in watermelon and KFC will rise and you'll see how ugly people can get. or, pass a construction site, same difference. thankfully Pb is still cheap.

ihateallbrokers

Sat, 03 May 2008 17:33:58 -0500

50 shots = 50 dead cops would have been a better sign, flash mobs appearing at non publicized locations would be really effective, since there will not be enough manpower to detain&transport people at the non-disclosed locations.

djrobgordon

Sat, 03 May 2008 17:26:48 -0500

I'm all for nonviolent protest, but tying up traffic means making it more difficult than it already is for ambulances to move through the city. That's enough to make me wish Sharpton had planned something a little different.

matty

Sat, 03 May 2008 16:58:00 -0500

sadly i agree with bbh. I hate the guy, but I sadly agree. :(

babyhitler

Sat, 03 May 2008 16:45:55 -0500

Trust Me, these people will be too busy playing Grand Theft Auto IV to march. By the way, Grand Theft Auto IV is an amazing game. With the previous GTA's I felt that I was only killing polygons but the improved Graphics Engine makes it feel like I'm really killing people and beating up women. It's an awesome murder simulator but it needs a rape button. I mean, you can buy prostitutes but you can't forcibly sodomize them or anything. Hopefully, GTA V will fix that.