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MSNBC's Sharpton Slams Steve King's 'Racially Tinged Cruelty,' Suggests 'Evil' NewsBusters (press release) (blog) On Sunday's PoliticsNation on MSNBC, during the show's regular "Gotcha" segment, host Al Sharpton was imagining racist dog whistles as he complained about "unmitigated, racially-tinged cruelty" from Congressman Steve King, and suggested that those ...

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Al Sharpton found outfast after a highly publicized visit to Chicagoin 2013 that it was going to take more than rhetoric to cure the city's notoriousviolent crime problem.

The community activist discovered after one day of seeing Chicago's streets firsthand that he was in over his head, according to the Chicago Tribune.

You need a major overhaul to stop this violence, Sharpton later said. You can't address the problem without addressing underlying factors like jobs, after-school programs and the proliferation of guns.

On Thursday, Sharpton took Trump to task for his pronouncements about sending in the feds to deal with the Chicago crime problem if the city didn't get the alarming situation under control, as well as Attorney General Jeff Sessions's opposition to certain federal guidelines directing law enforcement how to deal with police misconduct.

You can't have it both ways, you have to fight criminal behavior whether the criminal has on blue jeans or a blue uniform, Sharpton pointedly said.

Sharpton spoke more about Trump at anevent held at the New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church in West Garfield Park, as reported by the Chicago Tribune.

I've known him for 35 years, he said.If you can meet with the Russians, you can meet with the leaders in Chicago!

Sharpton also touted his bona fides as a Trump expert to the Chicago Reverends and others in the audience.

Donald Trump's from New York and I know Donald Trump better than folks in Chicago, he said. ... That is why I'm working with the ministers and in Chicago to understand what we've got to do under this New Yorker's administration.

Sharpton has been a vocal critic of the Trump administration. At an event in March,he voiced strong opinions aboutIvanka Trump and her prominent role in the White House.

Giving an office on the West Wing of Ivanka Trump, somebody explain to me how you can give security clearance, access to classified material, and an office to somebody that don't have a title or job? Sharpton said. "They say now she ain't got no title. She ain't got no role. We ain't payin' her no money. But she can see everything classified.

If President Barack Obama had given his daughters or his mother-in-law an office and some access to classified documents and cleared security status," he added, "they would have run him and everybody else out [of] the White House.

The Trump administration bannedSharpton from the White House in March.

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Al Sharpton Confesses He Was in Over His Head in Chicago: 'I May Not Be an Expert on City, But I Know Trump' - Independent Journal Review

Rev. Al Sharpton called for Americas ministers to demand Department of Justice oversight of the Chicago Police Department on Thursday.

Sharpton claimed that many of the citys police officers are corrupt, citing the alleged coverup of the 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald. He asked other ministers to march with him against Attorney General Jeff Sessions, saying its time for the Christian Right to face the right Christians, CBS Chicago reported.

You cannot have it both ways. You must fight criminal behavior whether the criminal has on blue jeans or a blue uniform, he told CBS. A criminal is a criminal and ought to be treated like that.

Sharpton claimed he knew how to handle the Trump administration, due to his time combating President Donald Trump in New York City, the Chicago Tribune reported.

Ive known him for 35 years, Sharpton said while speaking at a church. If you can meet with the Russians, you can meet with the leaders in Chicago!

Sharpton hopes to gather 1,000 ministers to march in Washington, D.C. next month on the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.s I Have a Dream speech, and several Chicago ministers have already pledged to join him.

Dr. King taught us we must speak truth to power, and it doesnt matter who is in power, Rev. Ira Acree of St. John Bible Church told CBS.

Chicago was on its way to police reform until the Trump administration brought in Jeff Sessions as the attorney general of this nation, said Pastor Cy Fields of New Landmark Baptist Church.

Current and former members of the Chicago Police Department were indicted in June on multiple charges of attempting to cover up the actions of Officer Jason Van Dyke, who shot Laquan McDonald. The city is now also facing a lawsuit demanding that Chicago pass police reforms.

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Al Sharpton Calls On 'Christian Right' To Demand Federal Oversight Of Chicago Cops - The Daily Caller

The Rev. Al Sharpton's last high-profile visit to tackle Chicago violence in 2013 may have ended with him admitting he was in over his head.

But if he's not an expert on our city as he acknowledged again on his return Thursday Sharpton says his more than three decades of sparring with President Donald Trump in New York gives him unique insight that can help activists fighting police brutality in Chicago.

"Donald Trump's from New York and I know Donald Trump better than folks in Chicago," Sharpton said Thursday morning as he stood alongside two-dozen Chicago pastors to call for a federal consent decree to oversee the Chicago Police Department.

Invoking the 1989 case of the "Central Park 5," in which Trump placed ads in all four New York papers calling for the death penalty for five men of color who were subsequently wrongfully convicted of raping a jogger, Sharpton said, "That is why I'm working with the ministers and in Chicago to understand what we've got to do under this New Yorker's administration."

"I've known him for 35 years," Sharpton said of Trump at the event at the New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church in West Garfield Park. "If you can meet with the Russians, you can meet with the leaders in Chicago!"

Of Trump's repeated comments about "sending in the feds" to tackle Chicago crime and Attorney General Jeff Sessions' opposition to the use of a federal consent decree to rein in police misconduct, Sharpton said, "You can't have it both ways, you have to fight criminal behavior whether the criminal has on blue jeans or a blue uniform."

The White House didn't respond to a request for comment.

Sharpton also threw in a couple of barbs at Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who last month backed away from a commitment to seek a court-enforced agreement with the feds to reform the Police Department. Sharpton told his fellow preachers that "You can't close schools and then tell children that you care about them," and asking, "How do you act like Laquan McDonald didn't resonate nationally, when you hid the tapes until after the election?"

The mayor's office didn't respond to the criticism.

Sharpton added that he was in good company if his 2013 visit to Chicago wasn't a total success. Though he had planned to spend three months living on and off on the West Side, and to bring East Coast celebrities including Sean Combs and Spike Lee to Town Hall meetings, he quickly abandoned the idea after touring the city.

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Chicago and its violence have been a frequent subject of President Donald Trump's attention. It was a common campaign thread Trump used to hammer Hillary Clinton, President Barack Obama and others. Since becoming president Trump has returned the theme. Here are Trump's mentions of Chicago with...

Chicago and its violence have been a frequent subject of President Donald Trump's attention. It was a common campaign thread Trump used to hammer Hillary Clinton, President Barack Obama and others. Since becoming president Trump has returned the theme. Here are Trump's mentions of Chicago with... (Kori Rumore)

"Dr. King wasn't from Chicago and he came, and Dr. King coming didn't solve all the problems," Sharpton said, referring to the violent reception Martin Luther King Jr. received at the hands of white protestors when he visited Chicago to campaign for fair housing in 1966.

Besides, he said, "they criticize you if you don't come, and I'm gonna keep coming. But I'm going to come to the people in Chicago that are on the ground doing the work."

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CHICAGO -- Reverend Al Sharpton joined WGN Morning News to discuss his plans to gather with local ministers in a push to promote social justice.

Sharpton and other ministers will meet Thursday to voice their concerns over President Donald Trump's plan to send federal agents to Chicago in order to help combat the rise in violence.

Sharpton makes clear that there is nothing wrong with having more resources to help with Chicago violence, but only if the resources are put in the correct area to actually create change.

"There are two sides to this. One, we have to deal with the violence. But we must deal with how law enforcement deals with the violence because there's a law enforcement issue in this city," said Sharpton.

The group is concerned that without dialogue with community leaders and local ministers, the implementation of federal agents in Chicago might actually lead to more problems, not solutions.

When asked about effectively communicating with police and citizens, Sharpton said, "Police have a tough job. Police leave everyday and don't know if they're coming home alive... we're not anti-police, we think most are good but you become a bad policemen if you cover for a bad policemen, just like you're a bad citizen if you cover for a bad citizen."

Sharpton and other civil rights activists across the country are also planning a Minister's March for Justice on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech.

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