MSNBC host Al Sharpton, who has for years criticized law enforcement for the “over-policing” of “low-level crimes,” threatened to hand anyone who disrupted his New York City mayoral candidate forum “over to the po-po” and said he’d “sign the complaint myself.”
Sharpton issued the warning during the second day of his National Action Network nonprofit’s annual convention. He told the majority-black audience at the Sheraton in Times Square that he would take a zero-tolerance policy toward outbursts.
“If you think you can force your candidate down our throat, we will see you when you get out of jail,” said Sharpton. “I’ve instructed all our security to just remove you and hand you over to the po-po, and I will sign the complaint myself,” the activist continued, using the slang term for police.
“We paid too much money in this hotel for you to come in here and show your behind.”