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Sharpton secretly worked as FBI mob informant: report

The story is being picked up everywhere. I've seen it in the Times, Time, Fox and NPR, among others, already this afternoon.

I don't know how credible the Gun is, but this sure is an interesting story.

I should have Googled before I posted. Yes, I see you're right. It all does stem from Smoking Gun, but the fact that major news sources picked it up is evidence to me that they found it credible. Thanks.
 
The story is being picked up everywhere. I've seen it in the Times, Time, Fox and NPR, among others, already this afternoon.

I don't know how credible the Gun is, but this sure is an interesting story.

:lol: Yeah TB....that's why I grabbed the Guardian from overseas. Although it would be nice to CNN, Huff-Po and MSDNC respond about it.
 
While I have no love for Sharpton at all, why are people flaming him for helping to put organized crime figures who were putting the squeeze on prominent NYC music figures in jail?
 
While I have no love for Sharpton at all, why are people flaming him for helping to put organized crime figures who were putting the squeeze on prominent NYC music figures in jail?

I think people are attacking him for being a prominent figure in NYCs underground crime. I personally see a bit of irony in people who constantly complain about inner city people not cooperating with cops - now complaining about inner city people cooperating with cops.

On a side note, I remember reading Joe "BANANA" BONANNOS (Not Joseph "Bana's" Buonannos") biography about 10 years ago. Quite the interesting character and his book revealed a lot of interesting little facts about the Castellammarese war up in NY. I'm really shocked they got his name and nickname wrong and also that his connection to Al Sharpton in the 1980s is never once mentioned in the book. It's also interesting that Joseph Bonanno is stated as being a member of the Gambino family... he was a member of the Bonanno family...
 
I think people are attacking him for being a prominent figure in NYCs underground crime. I personally see a bit of irony in people who constantly complain about inner city people not cooperating with cops - now complaining about inner city people cooperating with cops.

On a side note, I remember reading Joe "BANANA" BONANNOS (Not Joseph "Bana's" Buonannos") biography about 10 years ago. Quite the interesting character and his book revealed a lot of interesting little facts about the Castellammarese war up in NY. I'm really shocked they got his name and nickname wrong and also that his connection to Al Sharpton in the 1980s is never once mentioned in the book. It's also interesting that Joseph Bonanno is stated as being a member of the Gambino family... he was a member of the Bonanno family...

It's almost like the people talking about this have no idea what the **** they're talking about! So that's new.
 
It's almost like the people talking about this have no idea what the **** they're talking about! So that's new.

It's really weird that I actually know a bit about this subject - I'm not big on the East Coast but crime history is to some extent something I like to read up on. However, what's REALLY interesting is that in every document where Bonanno's name is stated, it's written incorrectly. It's not that big of a deal considering my own last name is incorrectly spelled regularly but it seems noticeable in official court papers. What's far more shocking is that if you look at the court documents they get A LOT of things wrong about this guy. For example:

Buonanno FBI Memos (26/39) states:

"Joe Bana" was born in 1925

The guy was born in 1905. I started digging some more and then saw this on document: 27/39

The Newark and New York division have very little information concerning Buonanno

Seems odd to have little information a guy who was involved in mob wars in the 1930s, running booze operations, operations in Toronto and Montreal, murders in Buffalo... anyways, if you actually read the court documents - not a single one of them mentions Sharpton by name nor how they "flipped him" - which seems odd for an investigation based on just that.
 
Sharpton is a fraudulent ****.

So I am not suprised.

I am suprised how so many in the American left adore him.
 
Sharpton is a fraudulent ****.

So I am not suprised.

I am suprised how so many in the American left adore him.

THat number is a lot lower than our conservative friends here on DP would lead you to believe.
 
Must be nice to have the safety net of Evil Inc.
 
View the cocaine bust video when the feds set this pimp up. Hilarious, Sharpton is a bag of skunk puss.
 
I have no problem believing anything bad about Reverend Al Sharpten_

I would however have a problem believing anything good about him_

He's a lowlife human parasite who feeds off the weak and ignorant_

And I have much the same beliefs about the Reverend Jesse Jackson_

Well, as long as you're aware of your bias, it's a start.
 
THat number is a lot lower than our conservative friends here on DP would lead you to believe.
Not quite; conservatives believe that who Sharpten's admirers are is more telling than their actual number_

Snitch-Al is black and far-left which is all it takes to be adored by 95% of Black America and White Liberals_

And I'm not saying that all democrats support Al Sharpten but I am saying the Democrat Party certainly has_

These 3 groups alone were enough to make Al the go-to 'race' guy of every major news outlet for 30 years_
 
Ummm, hate to burst anyone's bubble, but the fact that Sharpton worked as an FBI informant has been public since the 1980's.
 
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