Al Sharpton's former employer arrested for domestic violence

[Freddie Stubbs]

JANUARY 28--James Brown was arrested today on a domestic violence charge after allegedly pushing his wife to the floor during an argument at the couple's South Carolina home. The 70-year-old singer was nabbed by deputies with the Aiken County Sheriff's Office who responded to a 911 call apparently placed by 33-year-old Tommie Rea Brown. The woman suffered "scratches and bruises to her right arm and hip" during the bedroom dispute, according to investigators.



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[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. Not the title of the article and this is a lounge piece

Really shitty that you would even frame this story as such. Smacks of.....

[tishaLA]

2. Why sully Sharpton with this?

It's really unnecessary.

At least hit him with the stuff HE is responsible for.

[DuctapeFatwa]

3. Well, it is clear that Al is directly responsible for this

He worked for James Brown over 30 years ago. That is more than enough time for Al to have anticipated this.

Al has had over 3 decades to insist that Brown get into a counselling program, and stay in one, and he did not do it.

If I am not mistaken, this is not the first time that Brown has found himself the victim of Sharpton's neglect. Hasn't he been in for domestic violence before? And drug charges, too, I think.

If Sharpton can't control James Brown when he has decades to do it in, how does he expect to root out sleeper cells in a large country like the US in only 4 years?

If any of the other candidates had ever worked for James Brown, this would never have happened.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

4. Don't you know? Al's black.....James is brown therefore Al equals James

Look I am about to get my first post removed but only a covert or overt racist would post a thread such as this on DU. There..I said it..punish me..I FUCKING MEAN IT.

[RoeBear]

6. In case it does get...

...deleted I'd like you to know that I agree with you. There was no reason for this thread.

[Freddie Stubbs]

7. Sharpton was Brown's road manager for seven years

Brown has had a long history of domestic violence. I am curious if Sharpton had ever observed any of this, and if so, did he do anything to try to stop it?

[CatWoman]

10. Freddy, Freddie, Freddy

not funny.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

11. O h give me a fucking break..this isn't the first time you have made

a post of this nature.


Why not just admit you are a fucking bigot?

[Freddie Stubbs]

16. Bigoted agents whom?

:shrug:

[prolesunited]

14. LOL!

Yeah, I'm sure that's your point. :eyes:

[GOPisEvil]

18. Oh please...

...if you're going to bullshit us, at least come up with something better than that.

[KG]

8. heh.

i recall a DUer propose that sharpton choose don king as his running mate. i missed the humor in that thread also.

[KG]

5. how cute.

not.

[prolesunited]

9. What the hell is your point?

Why post such racist flamebait?

[CatWoman]

12. I feel a Cynthia McKinney thread coming on.....................

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

17. I feel an OJ poll coming on

[ronnykmarshall]

13. Great mug shot

Rivals some of these gems.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

15. I can't believe a GD 04 moderator

was so BLIND as to move this thread to the LOUNGE rather than LOCK THIS FUCKING INAPPROPRIATE BIGOTED BULLSHIT.

Very poor call DU!

[Moderator]

19. locking this thread

Inflammatory (at the very least).