Rev. Al Sharpton is in the initial stages of bringing a defamation suit against Rush Limbaugh.
In (an) op-ed published in Saturday's Wall Street Journal Limbaugh writes Sharpton "played a leading role in the 1991 Crown Heights riot (he called neighborhood Jews ‘diamond merchants’) and 1995 Freddie's Fashion Mart riot."
The Crown Heights riot began after a Hasidic Rabbi accidently struck and killed an African American boy with his car. The boy died from the injuries–sparking four nights of riots. The Rabbi was not charged, but Sharpton played a large role in rallying on behalf of the young boy’s family and the African American community.
Details of this are at CNN News Ticker.
I'll go out on a limb right now and predict that Sharpton will basically win the case because he's got real evidence, but the terms of his victory won't be made public because Limbaugh's attorneys will finagle some kind of undisclosed, out-of-court settlement.
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