NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Big corporations give him money. Presidential candidates seek his endorsement. He has influential friends in Congress and the governor's mansion. The Rev. Al Sharpton has emerged over the past decade as perhaps the nation's most prominent civil rights leader, a status that was demonstrated again this week when he led protests against police brutality that briefly shut down six of Manhattan's major bridges and tunnels. But he still carries baggage from his early days as a fire-breathing agitator: Government records obtained by The Associated Press indicate that Sharpton and his business entities owe nearly $1.5 million in overdue taxes and associated penalties. Now the U.S. attorney is investigating his nonprofit group, a probe that an undeterred Sharpton brushes off as the kind of annoyance that civil rights figures have come to expect from the government. ``Whatever retaliation they do on me, we never stop,'' he told the AP. ``I think that that is why they try to intimidate us.'' Over the past year, Sharpton's lawyers and the staff of his nonprofit group, the National Action Network, have been negotiating with the federal government over the size of his debt, which they dispute. The group has also been trying to pay off tens of thousands of dollars it owes for failing to properly maintain workers compensation and unemployment insurance. Charlie King, the organization's interim executive director, said both Sharpton and the group he leads were unprepared for their rise in stature in recent years and had trouble dealing with big jumps in donations and income. ``The infrastructure was trying to keep up with that pace, and it was not a perfect fit,'' he told the AP on Friday. ``The National Action Network may not have been perfect, but nothing was going on that was untoward.'' He said the organization has new accountants and a new administrative team, and the group recently finally filed long-overdue tax returns. Sharpton's own debts include $365,558 owed in New York City income tax and $931,397 in unpaid federal income tax, according to a lien filed by the Internal Revenue Service last spring. His for-profit company, Rev. Al Communications, owes the state another $175,962 in delinquent taxes. As for Sharpton's personal tax debt, King said Sharpton has started paying it off but contends that faulty record-keeping by the National Action Network led the government to overestimate his tax liability. Tax headaches are nothing new for Sharpton. The 53-year-old minister has been assailed over his career for running up big tax debts and failing to abide by rules governing his charities and election committees. He is perpetually being sued for failing to pay his bills. In December, Sharpton revealed that as many as 10 of his associates had received grand jury subpoenas. A person familiar with the investigation told the AP that the FBI and IRS are probing whether Sharpton or his organization committed tax crimes or violations related to his 2004 presidential campaign, during which he was forced to return public matching funds for breaking fundraising rules. If any of this worries Sharpton, you'd never know it. He is pressing ahead with his latest campaign _ an effort to persuade the Justice Department to bring civil rights charges against New York City police detectives who fired 50 shots and killed an unarmed groom as he left his bachelor party. Over the past few weeks, Sharpton
Posted by: robodope
I heard the Rev Al is running to be the next Quincy Police Chief
Posted by: Tuna
I think the guy is nothing but an agitator and a moron.
Posted by: PapaBear
I wish that I was geographically able to walk in protest to Rev Al's appearances. He is a demonic agitator who needs to be stepped on and brought down a peg.
I am all for non-violent protest; but, have the meaning of the protest be something that is good for all, not just a few chosen pawns. Rev Al is not for the people, he is for Rev Al.
How many preachers, aside from Sharpton, Jackson and Wright, do you know who are millionaires many times over and wear custom made and tailored suits, shoes and coifs?
Al is an over-bloated, idiotic blowhard!!!
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