{"id":1104271,"date":"2021-12-09T21:43:39","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T02:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1104271"},"modified":"2021-12-09T21:43:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T02:43:46","slug":"al-sharpton-on-jussie-smollett-in-2019-the-guilty-must-face-the-maximum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/al-sharpton-on-jussie-smollett-in-2019-the-guilty-must-face-the-maximum\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Sharpton, on Jussie Smollett in 2019: &#039;The Guilty Must Face the Maximum&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fal-sharpton-on-jussie-smollett-in-2019-the-guilty-must-face-the-maximum%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1104271&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ap-10-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Rev. Al Sharpton reacted to actor Jussie Smollett\u2019s claim to have been the victim of a hate crime in Chicago in 2019 by declaring: \u201cThe reported hate attack on my friend and brother, actor Jussie Smollett is despicable and outrageous. The guilty must face the maximum.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.1578947368421\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The reported hate attack on my friend and brother, actor Jussie Smollett is despicable and outrageous. The guilty must face the maximum.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Reverend Al Sharpton (@TheRevAl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRevAl\/status\/1090293213682982913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Sharpton also used his show on MSNBC to defend Smollett, repeating his demand for the \u201cmaximum of accountability\u201d:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.377358490566\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PoliticsNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PoliticsNation<\/a> closing thoughts about Jussie Smollett, Governor Ralph Northam, and dealing with hate and bigotry in this country. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZXOB6x89Vs\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZXOB6x89Vs<\/a> to watch video clips <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/02NcePiEKI\">pic.twitter.com\/02NcePiEKI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Reverend Al Sharpton (@TheRevAl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRevAl\/status\/1091839447816122369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Smollett was found guilty of five counts of felony disorderly conduct by a Chicago jury Thursday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Sharpton, who had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2019\/09\/19\/matt-gaetz-exposes-al-sharpton-racist-antisemitic-rhetoric-quotes-msnbc-joe-scarborough\/\">history<\/a> of racist, antisemitic, and homophobic rhetoric before being rehabilitated by President Barack Obama and MSNBC as a legitimate advisor and pundit, has been involved in several hoaxes, most notoriously in the case of Tawana Brawley, who falsely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/al-sharptons-long-bill-of-goods-from-tawana-brawley-to-primetime\">claimed<\/a> to have been brutally sexually assaulted by a group of white men, including a police officer. Prosecutor Steven Pagones won a defamation judgment against Sharpton for falsely claiming he was a perpetrator.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, Sharpton was involved in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/the-media\/2012\/03\/29\/the-trayvon-timeline-how-a-local-crime-story-became-a-national-racial-outrage\/\">promoting<\/a> the claim that the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed teenager Trayvon Martin in a scuffle was \u201cwhite\u201d; in fact, George Zimmerman was of mixed descent, with a white father and Afro-Peruvian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latintimes.com\/gladys-zimmerman-mother-george-zimmerman-says-her-family-proudly-afro-peruvian-do-his-black-roots\">forebears<\/a> on his mother\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, Sharpton has been a strong advocate of criminal justice reform, which includes more lenient punishment for criminals \u2014 with exceptions for those Sharpton wishes to bring to justice.<\/p>\n<p>Smollett is facing a possible sentence of up to three years in prison, but would <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/jussie-smollett-entertainment-crime-race-and-ethnicity-hate-crimes-8a32dc8a1fc1b4a9972b0c08a75f2762\">likely<\/a> face probation and community service.<\/p>\n<p><em>Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of <\/em>Breitbart News Sunday<em> on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT). He is the author of the recent e-book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Neither-Free-nor-Fair-Presidential-ebook\/dp\/B08PNN54BB\">Neither Free nor Fair: The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election<\/a>. His recent book, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.centerstreet.com\/titles\/joel-b-pollak\/red-november\/9781546099840\/\">RED NOVEMBER<\/a><em>, tells the story of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary from a conservative perspective. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joelpollak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@joelpollak<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rev. 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