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The Rev. Al Sharpton wants race to weigh heavily in who becomes the next leader of the City Council.

The civil-rights activist complained that a black member has never been elected council speaker, and he plans to raise the issue during a forum hell be hosting Tuesday at the National Action Networks House of Justice headquarters in Harlem.

The city has an open sore because theres never been a black council speaker, Sharpton told The Post. I would like to see a black speaker, but Im not going to take any black.

Of the eight council members vying for speaker, Brooklyn Councilman Robert Cornegy, Brooklyn Councilman Jumaane Williams and Queens Councilman Donovan Richards are black, while Bronx Councilman Ritchie Torres is black and Latino.

The remaining field includes Manhattan Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, who was born in the Dominican Republic, and three white men: Manhattan Councilmen Corey Johnson and Mark Levine and Queens Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer.

Sharpton said he has spoken already to the three front-runners Levine, Cornegy and Johnson but wants to do a real evaluation.

Although the speaker is selected by securing a majority of votes in the 51-member council, outside influence such as party leaders and union bosses play a key role in who is chosen.

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by Joel B. Pollak19 Nov 20170

Sharpton is widely blamed for a riot in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, in 1991 in which a mob killed an innocent religious student, Yankel Rosenbaum.

In addition, Sharpton has been blamed for inciting the 1995 firebombing of Freddys Fashion Mart, a Jewish-owned store in Harlem, New York.

As the Media Research Center noted in 2015, on the 20th anniversary of the attack:

Sharpton was one of the main causesof the hatred which led tofire bombing of Freddys Fashion Mart. He didnt toss the firebomb, but the anti-Semitic and racial bias which came out of his mouth and out of the mouths of other while in his presence, produced the massacre as assuredly as if the fire was set with his hands.

On December 8, 1995, Al Sharpton incited the violent fire-bombing of the Jewish-owned Freddys Fashion Mart in Harlem, causing the the deaths of Angelina Marrero,Cynthia Martinez,Luz Ramos, Mayra Rentas, Olga Garcia, Garnette Ramautar, and Kareem Brunner theseven victimsof the massacre. There was an eighth death, Roland James Smith,the man who burned the store down.

Sharpton also played a role in fomenting racial divisions around the death of black teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012. He spread claims that the Hispanic man who shot him, George Zimmerman, was white, and that he had used racist language during the incident.Using his perch at MSNBC, his National Action Network activist group, and his connections with the Obama White House, Sharpton whipped national outrage over Martins death into a frenzy that set the stage for the violent Black Lives Matter protests of 2014, and that continues to divide the nation.

Greenblatt, a former Obama administration official, never once mentioned Sharptons past in his appearance on Sundays show. Instead, he joined Sharpton in attacking President Donald Trump for his reaction to the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August.

The ADL CEO even suggested that Trump is indirectly responsible for hate crimes: Hate will fester when we dont force it down. And when the president fails to call out bigots, neo-Nazis, white supremacists, they feel emboldened. And when extremists feel emboldened, they take action.

Yet Greenblatt failed to call out Sharptons own role in encouraging extremists.

A year ago, Greenblatt and the ADL played a leading role in spreading false claims that Breitbart News executive chairman Steve Bannon is an antisemite. Faced with the facts, however, the ADL backed away from that claim.

Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News. He was named one of the most influential people in news media in 2016. He is the co-author ofHow Trump Won: The Inside Story of a Revolution, is available from Regnery. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.

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by Trent Baker9 Oct 20170

Rev. Al Sharpton thinks it is outrageous ESPN is suspending SC6 anchor Jemele Hill over her tweets calling for a Dallas Cowboys boycott because ownerJerry Jones is requiring players to stand for the national anthem.

First of all, Jemele Hill and anyone else has the right to express their views, Sharpton told TMZ Sports. To try and silence her will not silence many of us that feel what Jerry Jones has done is put the Cowboys players in a position of either I must sell my right to express my feelings, my freedom of speech, my right to protest in order to do my trade and do my business. That is, in my opinion, disrespectingwhat the flag is supposed to stand for.

We will not be shutdown and we will not be suspended and we will not stand for her to be suspended, he added.

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Al Sharpton, Opinion contributor Published 2:52 p.m. ET Oct. 11, 2017 | Updated 3:48 p.m. ET Oct. 11, 2017

Reverend Al Sharpton spoke with media on Tuesday and asked if ESPN suspended Jemele Hill due to pressure from President Trump's administration. USA TODAY Sports

ESPN host Jemele Hill(Photo: Invision via AP)

On Monday, ESPN took the extreme measure of suspending host Jemele Hill for two weeks.Her crime?Exercising her freedom of speech to make an analysis. While employers may have the right to dictate how their employees behave in the workplace and on social media, it is clear that ESPN caved in to pressure pressure that came from the top.

Despite some inaccurate newsreports, Hill wasnt calling for a direct boycott; she was expanding the conversation and thereby doing her job.She gave her analysis of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and his demand that players must stand for the national anthem.She said players could be demonized for selling out, or lose their job if they didnt comply, and that this placed an undue burden on them.She called on more accountability from fans and others. She advanced the conversation.

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In a subsequent tweet, Hill specifically said,Just so we're clear: I'm not advocating a(n) NFL boycott. But an unfair burden has been put on players in Dallas & Miami w/ anthem directives.

She is absolutely correct. Jones or anyone else in the NFL trying to force players to stand is bad enough, but ESPN suspending its employee for even discussing the issue takes things to another dangerous level. What specific, established social media policy did Hill violate? Or is ESPN just making thingsup as it goes along and doing President Trump'sbidding?

Last month, the White House called Hill's comments "outrageous" and a "fireable offense" after she referred to the president as a white supremacist. Trump demanded an apology, tweeting: "ESPN is paying a really big price for its politics (and bad programming). People are dumping it in RECORD numbers. Apologize for untruth!" Early Tuesday, the presidenttweeted:With Jemele Hill at the mike, it is no wonder ESPN ratings have 'tanked,'in fact, tanked so badly it is the talk of the industry!

Trump has repeatedly put direct pressure on both ESPN andthe NFL to force their players to stand for the anthem and shifted attention from their true purpose of kneeling in the first place, which was to highlight police brutality and racism. Just Wednesday morning he tweeted: "It is about time that Roger Goodell of the NFL is finally demanding that all players STAND for our great National Anthem-RESPECT OUR COUNTRY."

The NFL responded that "commentary this morningabout the commissioner's position isnot accurate."Even so,we have yet to see what the league will do going forward.

Its important to note that the Dallas Cowboys owner took a kneehimself two weeks ago, saying that it was for unity.Were dealing with plantation mentality here.Jones is basically saying,"Its all right if I write the script, but you cant do the same because I own you."

This was never about the flagor the Pledge of Allegiance; it was about athletes raising their voices to say police brutality and racism are very real, and we must tackle these challenges.But Trump and others have turned this into a flag and pledge issue,so lets talk about it.

More: For ESPN and Jemele Hill, mixing politics and sports is bad business

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It's maddening that the president can call for a boycott, or call players a "son of a b----," or call for private citizens to be fired, or tweet numerous things about the NFL, ESPN, Hill andathletes,and there are no consequences. But the moment a black woman speaks on the issue she is silenced.

We are coming close to crossing the line of taking constitutional rights of free speech away from people. Any corporation can claim that itspolicy to suspend or fire an employee if it fears retribution from the highest office in the land. All those conservatives who champion free speech should be just as outraged as I am.This is bigger than Hill, for it impacts all of us and our ability to express ourselves. Hill has the right to tell people that they ought to let advertisers know how they feel since they are the consumers. While she didn't call for a direct boycott, it's not off the table for us in the civil rights community.

This is also bigger than ESPN and the NFL, for this is about the continued institutional racism and police brutality that plaguesociety on a daily basis. As much as the president and others mighttry to distract from this, we will not lose focus. Many of us have fought against these injustices for years, and we will continue to do so as we encourage others to speak out whether on their networks, on social media or on the field taking a knee.

The Rev. Al Sharpton is thepresident of the National Action Network. Follow him on Twitter:@TheRevAl

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ESPN has suspended Jemele Hill for two weeks for what the network deems a second social media violation.

Last month, the co-host of The Six was in the spotlight for her tweets in which she referred to Donald Trump as a white supremacist.

While the network hasnt explained what specifically caused the suspension, Hill tweeted multiple times about Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones decision to bench players who kneeled during the anthem, but also advocated that she wasnt calling for an NFL boycott.

"Jemele Hill has been suspended for two weeks for a second violation of our social media guidelines, the network said in a statement Monday afternoon. She previously acknowledged letting her colleagues and company down with an impulsive tweet. In the aftermath, all employees were reminded of how individual tweets may reflect negatively on ESPN and that such actions would have consequences. Hence this decision."

When Hill tweeted about the president, the White House believed her tweets to be a fireable offense.

Social media exploded when the news broke on Monday afternoon.

ESPN's suspension of Jemele Hill is an outrage and should NOT go unanswered. ESPN and advertisers will hear from us!, wrote Reverend Al Sharpton. The civil rights activist later released a statement on his National Action Network website threatening a boycott of NFL advertisers of his own, We consider it outrageous that Jemele Hill was suspended by ESPN. She has the right to tell people that they ought to let advertisers know how they feel, since they are the consumers. While she didnt call for a direct boycott, its not off the table for us in the civil rights community.

espn wants black faces not black minds, the end -- next topic, wrote former ESPN Grantland writer Rembert Browne.

I'm confused, because when Trump said to boycott NFL stuff, it was cool but when Jemele Hill said to do it, it wasn't cool anymore. Weird, wrote college football writer Alex Kirshner.

SportsCenter anchor Cari Champion cryptically asked questions on her Twitter account. Compromise your integrity? Compromise for comfort? Where can you speak or say how you feel? Or is it about how you say it?

Sports illustrated writer Richard Deitsch highlighted a quote from Hill from a conversation they recently had about those in sports media discussing social issues on Twitter.

On the topic of talking politics on Twitter, Hill previously told SI its very important to make the distinction between politics and commentary, information and discussion of social issues. I find that the majority of what comes into my timeline is related to social issues. Nobody is dying to engage in a discussion about repeal and replace, at least not with me. The percentage of people who want to discuss social issues has, however, increased substantially. Everyone is consumed with what's happening in our country right now. I dont tweet a lot about politics. I do tweet more about social issues, which I consider to be issues of morality. Racism isnt politics. Racism is an issue of right and wrong. Tweeting about significant issues that impact marginalized people isnt politics. That's right and wrong. If I had to guess, I would say Ive increased my tweets about social issues about 20%. Ive tried really hard not to let these issues consume my feed, because there are a lot of days where I just want to have fun on Twitter. I want to debate with Power and Insecure fans about what's happening on the show. I want to make jokes and have silly sports arguments, but unfortunately those days feel like they happen less.

The Ringers Editor-At-Large- recently wrote a profile piece on Hill, and recounted something Hill said to him them. More than anything, its very annoying because I have to take the high road. Because theres some times and some days when I want to cuss everybody out. Right? But Im not trying to lose my job over Twitter. Or any social media platform. 140 characters theyre not going to do me in.

Mondays 6 p.m. edition of SportsCenters The Six was replaced by a generic version of the show, as Hills co-host Michael Smith decided not to co-anchor without her.

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