Subject: Al Sharpton

• Darrell Ankar-low Brow

  January 17, 2007

• Don Imus, "Nappy-Headed Hos," the Rev. Jarrett Maupin, and me.

  April 12, 2007

• Rev. Jarrett Maupin baptizes new campaign HQ: Promises to "kick Phil's butt."

  April 11, 2007

• Rioters' Cramp

  February 8, 1996

• Slice Guys

  October 1, 1998

• Hushed Heroes

  Speaking of snake-eyes . . .

  November 22, 2007

• Why the Huffington Post Needs to Get Over Chip Saltsman and "Barack the Magic Negro"

  Is Barack really "the magic negro"? Considering the state of the economy, let's hope so. The liberal political correctness posse over at the Huffington Post is doing backflips of fake outrage over RNC Chairman hopeful Chip Saltsman's sending out a humor CD to Republican committee members -- one that included the Paul Shanklin parody Barack the Magic Negro, set to the tune of Puff the Magic Dragon. Actually, there's probably some real outrage mixed in with the fake stuff. The most I can go with

  December 29, 2008

• Al Sharpton to Denounce Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Tuesday Press Conference

  photo by David Shankbone Look out Joe, Rev. Al's comin' for ya... The left's finally bringin' out the big dogs to take on our racial-profilin' Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Tomorrow in Harlem, Rev. Al Sharpton will denounce Maricopa County's corrupt, tin-pot tyrant in a national press conference with Bertha Lewis, CEO of ACORN. Sharpton will demand Arpaio's resignation by the end of May, and if Joe fails to do so, Sharpton will march on Phoenix with a coalition of civil rights groups. "I am calling

  April 6, 2009

• April 6 In Blogs: Don Stapley, Al Sharpton, Tempe Music Festival and More

  We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever: Don Stapley Case Bombshell: Andrew Thomas Refers Prosecution to Yavapai County; Offers Olive Branch to County Leaders Don Stapley Conflict Erases Trust, Despite Smarmy Surrender by "Backstabbing" Andy Thomas, Says County Feathered Bastard: Al Sharpton to Denounce Sheri

  April 6, 2009

• Al Sharpton, Mary Rose Wilcox, ACORN's Bertha Lewis, and Others Blast Joe Arpaio on Media Conference Call

  photo by Juda EngelmayerRev. Al's got his eye on Sheriff Joe...As I promised in a previous blog post, I participated in a national conference call this morning, which featured the Rev. Al Sharpton of the National Action Network, ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis, Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox, Pablo Alvarado of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, Rev. William Barber of the North Carolina NAACP, and other civil rights leaders from around the country. The speakers called for Sheriff

  April 7, 2009

• April 7 In Blogs: Andrew Thomas, Al Sharpton, Ghostbusters and More

  We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever: County Attorney Andrew Thomas Smears Judge Timothy Ryan -- Again PUMA Vehicle by GM and Segway: Why It'll Never Be Popular In the Phoenix Metro Area Feathered Bastard: Al Sharpton, Mary Rose Wilcox, ACORN's Bertha Lewis, and Others Blast Joe Arpaio on Media Conference

  April 7, 2009

• Lou Dobbs Battles Al Sharpton and ACORN's Bertha Lewis, Gets His Lunch Eaten

  Part one of Sharpton and Lewis vs. TV minuteman Lou Dobbs I don't know what CNN's resident nativist Lou Dobbs thought he was doing when he invited the Rev. Al Sharpton and ACORN's Bertha Lewis on his program yesterday. But suffice it to say that the bottle-blond senior citizen got owned on his own show by Lewis and Sharpton, who were there to attack Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his racial profiling shenanigans under the federal 287(g) program.

  April 8, 2009

• Letters from the issue of Thursday, June 5, 2008

  June 5, 2008

• Joe Arpaio Writes Al Sharpton a Letter, Burns Through a Crate of Crayons in Process

  image by Jasmine HobeheidarPharaoh Joe, tellin' Rev. Al where to go...Maricopa County's top oppressor of Mexicans has written the Reverend Al Sharpton a letter in response to the civil rights leader's recent suggestion that Sheriff Joe take a long walk off a short pier career-wise, and resign from office. Unconfirmed reports have it that the sheriff went through a whole box of Crayolas in the process.In the missive released today by the MCSO, Joe rejects Sharpton's advice on taking an early reti

  April 13, 2009

• April 13: In Blogs: Zombies, Obama, Al Sharpton, Wilco and More

  We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever: Obama Degree From ASU Still Denied, ASU Decides, But Criticism Leads to Namesake Scholarship Teacher in Middle of Violent Love Triangle; Cops Looking Into Relationship With Students Feathered Bastard: Joe Arpaio Writes Al Sharpton a Letter, Burns Through a Crate of Cra

  April 13, 2009

• Big Dipper

  The cleated tweeter tackles O.J. Simpson, The PHX's hip-hop Klan war, and Police Chief Harris' second helpings of salary pie

  September 20, 2007

• The Big Cheesy

  The last thing poor New Orleans needs is planning tips from Phoenix

  August 2, 2007

• Word Play

  It’s easy, m’kay

  May 17, 2007

• Letters From the Issue of Thursday, April 26, 2007

  April 26, 2007

• Jarrett and Goliath

  The Bird kicks it with Jarrett Maupin, infiltrates Rusty Childress’ prejudice parties and explains why Don Imus should’ve said "Eff you!"

  April 19, 2007

• Murder City

  December 14, 2006

• Kid Sharpton

  Jarret Maupin is the reverend Al's handpicked protégé. Is Phoenix City Hall ready?

  February 3, 2005

• ROOTING FOR THE NEWS

  May 13, 1992

• Barbecue Nations

  Aryanfest was hardly the badass event it billed itself. Shaved-headed men hugged each other like they were at a gay pride picnic.

  February 19, 2004

• Gettin' Windy in the City

  The Chicago clip crew gleefully gabs on in Barbershop 2

  February 5, 2004

• Jay Talking

  The Tonight Show host is coming to Arizona. Do you care?

  October 23, 2003

• Dem Blues

  The left, turning right, was plain wrong

  to attack pop culture

  May 29, 2003

• Cause Celeb

  After years of wildly blasting the Chandler power structure, self-proclaimed civil rights advocate Ramon Gomez now finds himself under attack

  June 7, 2001

• Hop Online

  Is Russell Simmons' 360HipHop.com the best hope to bring hip-hop culture onto the Internet?

  August 17, 2000

• Jarrett Maupin II Pleads Guilty to Lying to Federal Agent; Resignation From School Board Part of Plea Deal

  Image: Jeff Newton Jarrett Maupin II pleaded guilty today to a felony count of making a false statement to a federal law enforcement agent. Prosecutors are recommending probation for the former candidate for Phoenix mayor; his sentencing is scheduled for late July. U.S. District Court Judge David Campbell has the final word on the young activist's penalty. A setback for the young activist's image, certainly, but perhaps one he can overcome. After New Times profiled the then-17-ye

  April 28, 2009

• How the MCSO Neglected a 14-Year-Old Rape Victim — and Went to Town on Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon

  May 28, 2009

• Al Sharpton Does Phoenix This Friday, June 19th, According to Arizona ACORN

  by David Shankbone Get your game face on, Joe, Rev. Al's ready to rumble...I've just received confirmation from Monica Sandschafer, ACORN's lead organizer in Arizona, that the Rev. Al Sharpton will be in Phoenix this Friday, June 19th. For those unaware of it, that date is known as Juneteenth, and it commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.According to Sandschafer, Sharpton's itinerary will include a prayer breakfast at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church in downtown Phoenix from 7:3

  June 15, 2009

• June 15 In BlogS: Barack Obama, Al Sharpton, Bonnaroo, and Zinburger

  In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Barack Obama's Shame: Joe Arpaio Wrecks Families, Wounds a Business, Makes a Little Girl Cry, All with Federal Authority Al Sharpton Does Phoenix This Friday, June 19th, According to Arizona ACORN Up on the Sun: Bonnaroo, Summer of Sound, Transformers 2 Rave, and the Dub Show Tour Over the Wee

  June 15, 2009

• Amar'e Stoudemire Backstabs Hispanic Fans; Signs on as "Special Deputy" Under Sheriff Joe Arpaio

  Seems Big Stat has some eye trouble when it comes to Arpaio's bigoted misdeeds...(Hey, wasn't he in Escape from New York?)Is Phoenix Suns forward Amar'e Stoudemire blind to the truth about Sheriff Joe Arpaio?Apparently so, and in more than one eye. According to recent news reports, Big Stat was sworn in this afternoon as a "special deputy" for the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. For Sheriff Joe, it's a publicity coup, coming at just the right time, with African-American Arpaio critic Al

  June 16, 2009

• Al Sharpton's Former Phoenix Protege, Jarrett Maupin II, Doesn't Agree Sheriff Arpaio's Office Racially Profiles

  Disgraced local activist and former Phoenix school board member Jarrett Maupin II was once Al Sharpton's treasured Arizona connection. We're not sure what Sharpton, who's coming to Phoenix on Friday, thinks about Maupin's shameful conviction for lying to the FBI about Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, Maupin's former political opponent. But the pair seem to be at odds concerning accusations that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's immigration tactics utilize racial profiling. Contrast these two re

  June 17, 2009

• Rev. Al Sharpton and Sheriff Joe Arpaio to Meet Behind Closed Doors for Battle Royale

  photo by David ShankboneMy advice to Al: Wear a wire, Rev. It's like going to visit a mafia don.It promises to be more scintillating than the Thrilla in Manila, though, sadly, this verbal donnybrook will mostly behind closed doors, according to the Rev. Al Sharpton's camp.I'm talking about the news fresh from Rev. Al's flack Rachel Noerdlinger that Sharpton's taken up an invite from Joe Arpaio to visit the septuagenarian sheriff in his 19th floor lair, from which Arpaio surveys his kingdom -- ot

  June 17, 2009

• Jarrett Maupin II Responds to Quotes in Sheriff's Report; Says He Believes Sheriff's Office Racially Profiles

  Jarret Maupin II, in an impassioned phone call to New Times and in a comment posted today on our blog, now says that he "unequivocally" believes the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office commits racial profiling. Maupin claims his quotes to the contrary that turned up in a deputy's report were "completely taken out of context." Maupin denied that he supports the sheriff's actions against the immigrant community, though "I don't go far as to say he's a racist." "I absolutely feel, without any shado

  June 17, 2009

• June 17 In Blogs: Al Sharpton, Ignite Phoenix, George Harrison, Supermercado and Light-Rail

  In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Rev. Al Sharpton and Sheriff Joe Arpaio to Meet Behind Closed Doors for Battle Royale Up on the Sun: Ignite Phoenix 4: Sun Tzu, Death, Capoeira and More in Five Minutes and Twenty Slides George Harrison's solo songs collected on career-spanning disc Chow Bella: Viva El Mercado: Supermercado D

  June 17, 2009

• Al Sharpton Rocks Phoenix, from Pilgrim Rest, to El Portal, to Wells Fargo and Finally, Lou Dobbs

  Rev. Sharpton at Pilgrim Rest, early Friday morning Today the Reverend Al Sharpton achieved what no one else has achieved before in Arizona's civil rights struggle for the undocumented: the bringing together of African Americans and Latinos on the issues of racial profiling, immigration reform and the 287(g) program. After meeting with those who've suffered racial profiling at the hands of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's deputies, Sharpton addressed a crowd of several hundred at Pilgrim Rest Bap

  June 19, 2009

• Al Sharpton Whups Sheriff Joe, and Courtney Bisbee’s Innocence Claim Is Shot Down by a Judge

  June 25, 2009

• Michael Jackson’s Sedona “Murderess” Revealed

  July 2, 2009

• Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, July 23, 2009

  July 23, 2009

• Joe Arpaio vs. ACLU: New Lawsuit Tomorrow Over Worksite Raid

  Is the ACLU's new lawsuit on behalf of Avondale resident Julio Mora? We'll find out tomorrow.​ The Arizona ACLU isn't giving out any details, but they've just issued a press advisory that at noon tomorrow they will announce a lawsuit, "on behalf of two Avondale residents who were illegally arrested and detained during a worksite raid conducted by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office." Though the ACLU's mum for the moment, my hunch is that the lawsuit will involve the February raid on Ha

  August 18, 2009

• Joe Arpaio on Glenn Beck Re: Mexican Migrants, "They Like to Fight Each Other"; and Al Sharpton Returns the Day of the Sweep

  Glenn Beck has some fun at Arpaio's expense on Beck's Fox TV show I normally loathe Glenn Beck and his smarmy posturings, but I may have to reconsider that attitude after watching Beck mercilessly mess with our geriatric top gendarme on his Friday show. At points, Beck openly makes fun of Arpaio, laughing at his insistence that there's a "federal law" that essentially allows Arpaio to profile, in absence of a 287(g) street agreement. "I'm just trying to understand this," Beck wonders at o

  October 10, 2009

• Salvador Reza Calls for Anti-Joe Arpaio March This Friday, October 16

  Sal Reza: On the front lines, as always... In case you haven't noticed, Maricopa County will be coming to a boil this Friday. Not only is it the day of Arpaio's announced anti-immigrant sweep -- his first without 287(g) field authority, but the Rev. Al Sharpton will be back in town for a civil rights forum in downtown Phoenix. And the world still awaits an announcement from the Department of Homeland Security as to whether or not Arpaio will keep his 287(g) agreeme

  October 13, 2009