Society of Black Lawyers

There's a useful social/political role for this kind of group, but propping up baseless accusations of racial abuse makes them look more like Al Sharpton than Martin Luther King, Jr.
 
ravelston said:
The reference might be a bit lost on Mancunians, but it's hard not to agree.
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You're probably right, ravelston. Allow me to explain.

Al Sharpton is an American civil rights activist who burst onto the national scene in the mid 1980s during the Tawana Brawley rape case. Despite doubts about the veracity of Ms. Brawley's claims that she was raped by six white men, Sharpton leaped to her defense and accused various police officers of having committed rape and of being racists. Long story short, those police officers filed a defamation suit against Sharpton, who was found guilty of defamation and ordered to pay some huge sum in damages. That's just the beginning of his laundry list of dubious behavior, but the bottom line is that he's what we call in the United States a race hustler.

Martin Luther King, Jr. needs no introduction. He was a great, though undoubtedly imperfect, man who transcends political ideologies and national boundaries.
 
So this group.... you have to be black to join?
 
They're coming across like a bunch of attention seeking tossers, trying to make a storm out of everything to solidify their position.
 
Ruud10 said:
Al Sharpton is an American civil rights activist who burst onto the national scene in the mid 1980s during the Tawana Brawley rape case. Despite doubts about the veracity of Ms. Brawley's claims that she was raped by six white men, Sharpton leaped to her defense and accused various police officers of having committed rape and of being racists. Long story short, those police officers filed a defamation suit against Sharpton, who was found guilty of defamation and ordered to pay some huge sum in damages. That's just the beginning of his laundry list of dubious behavior, but the bottom line is that he's what we call in the United States a race hustler.
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One of the characters in Bonfire of the Vanities is based on Al Sharpton, I believe.

I think anyone over the age of 30 who pays even the slightest attention to the news knows who Al Sharpton is, regardless of nationality.
 
VII said:
So this group.... you have to be black to join?
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No, you don't have to be black to join. They say they welcome everyone, but the name they have chosen obviously puts off anyone who doesn't regard themselves as black from wanting to.

They are a racist organisation, simple as that.
 
Won't work any other way would it?

"Hey we are The Society of White Lawyers but you're welcome to join too!"
 
Redlambs said:
So they look an even bigger waste of time now.

What happened to the mighty deadline?
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It became rather ineffective when the Met told them they wouldn't investigate it anyway.

Seriously, though, I wonder if there's a case against Herbert for wasting police time?
 
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