Finally someone sticking it to jesse jackson

[RyanbabZ71]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...rbershop_suit_1

 

 

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A group of barbers and beauticians has sued the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, claiming the activists' remarks about the movie "Barbershop" drove away customers.

 

 

 

The suit was filed Monday by the National Association of Cosmetologists. It accuses Jackson and Sharpton of intentional infliction of emotional distress, fraud, and negligence stemming from their demand for apologies from MGM, which produced the comedy.

 

 

The activists had called for scenes deriding Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks to be removed from the film starring Ice Cube and Cedric the Entertainer. MGM refused to cut the scenes.

 

 

The association, which claims to represent 50,000 barbers and beauticians, said Jackson and Sharpton misrepresented themselves as spokesmen for the group.

 

 

James Stern, chief executive of the group, said Sharpton's threat to boycott the film and other remarks created a negative public sentiment about the profession, resulting in a loss of business.

 

 

"By threatening to boycott MGM studios, they put a black eye to our subject matter of barbers and cosmetologists in the state of California," Stern said.

 

 

Sharpton said he had not received a copy of the lawsuit but called the allegations ridiculous.

 

 

"Every movie critic would get sued," he said. "We haven't addressed their business. I addressed the film."

 

 

Tracy Rice, a spokeswoman for Jackson's Rainbow/PUSH coalition, said the organization hadn't seen the lawsuit. She called it a nuisance suit and predicted it would be thrown out of court.

 

 

"The First Amendment protects artistic expression just as it protects Rev. Jackson's right to express his opinion," she said.

 

 

In the scene in question, a barber jokes about King's alleged promiscuity. He also says Parks wasn't the first person to refuse to give up her bus seat but was given credit because she was connected to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (news - web sites).

 

"Barbershop" has grossed $71.2 million at the box office in seven weeks of release.

[RyanbabZ71]

Tracy Rice, a spokeswoman for Jackson's Rainbow/PUSH coalition, said the organization hadn't seen the lawsuit. She called it a nuisance suit and predicted it would be thrown out of court.

 

haha whats goes around comes around.  

[hogger999]

Sharpton said he had not received a copy of the lawsuit but called the allegations ridiculous.

 

 

"Every movie critic would get sued," he said. "We haven't addressed their business. I addressed the film."

Movie critics don't demand apologies either.

 

These to idiots are part of the reason people always claim to be some sort of a victim. I wish everyone would stand up to these two whenever they open their mouths. Then maybe they would finally go away.

[Shadowfax]

Finally somone stood up to them. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton just abuse the legal system by manipulating it with the minority pitch cliche. They do more harm than any good.

 

Cheers to those who stand up against them.

[lauriet1]

Sharpton said he had not received a copy of the lawsuit but called the allegations ridiculous.

Hmmm...Does the Name Tawana Brawley ring a bell?

 

They'll never go away.  The media gives both of them way too much face time.  :angry:

[CMNTMXR81]

GOOD!!!

 

Actually a few weeks ago, Mayor Daley (Mayor of Chicago) supposedly told Jesse to go Fist himself.

 

Apparantly here in Illinois (don't know if this is happening anywhere else) companies had to fill out a survey and state that they had no slave issues from way back when.

 

Well apparantly Mr. BusybodyJackson from his phone at the Rainbow PUSH coalition HQ's on the south side decided he'd drop a call into Mayor Daley and ask for him to VERIFY the survey's from companies that are in the city of Chicago.  He further requested that the City out of it's coffers pay for it.  Basically what it amounted to was Daley told Jackson that if he wants the city to do verification, perhaps he should have his Rainbow PUSH coalition foot the bill.

 

They argued back and forth and in the end Daley basically told him to F*CK OFF! and hung up the phone!

 

This isn't printed anywhere, but I've heard it from reliable sources within city hall that I deal with.