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2002-11-22 18:35 | User Profile
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Civil rights leader sued for fraud, misrepresenting blacks
The Associated Press Published 1:10 a.m. PDT Thursday, November 21, 2002
LOS ANGELES(AP) - A group of African Americans has sued civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, accusing him of fraud and demanding that he stop pretending to represent them.
African Americans Against Exploitation, a newly formed group that includes a former head of the Kentucky Republican Party, filed the lawsuit in Superior Court on Nov. 12. The suit claims Jackson is calling himself a black leader without permission from the country's millions of black citizens. The suit also was filed on behalf of the Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny.
The group claims that Jackson uses his influence to intimidate companies to donate money that is supposed to further the cause of blacks, but instead puts it to personal use.
"We are asking for a temporary restraining order for him to stop claiming he represents the black community," said AAAE President Dwane Knight. "The black community has no idea what's going on."
A lawyer for Jackson's Rainbow/Push Coalition called the suit a publicity stunt and said she would try to have the case thrown out of court.
"This is a nuisance lawsuit with no basis in law or fact," Tracy Rice said. "We will seek to have plaintiffs pay the fees and costs associated with defending this frivolous lawsuit."
James Stern, who heads the National Association of Cosmetologists, said he became involved in the suit after Jackson tried to organize a boycott of the movie "Barbershop" because parts of it were disrespectful to black icons Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr.
Al Brown, a civil rights veteran who once led the Republican Party in Kentucky, said Jackson would hopefully understand the basis of the suit.
The group claims that Jackson uses his influence to intimidate companies to donate money that is supposed to further the cause of blacks, but instead puts it to personal use.
This is News?
2002-11-23 14:27 | User Profile
African Americans Against Exploitation suing Jesse Jackson? Good luck to them and their three members!
But, I have to agree that it appears that the lawsuit has no legal basis. No one believes that Jackson has the support from 100.0% of the black community. Jesse Jackson exploits blacks for his financial gain but the only crime he's guilty of is extortion of whites which is not what this lawsuit is about.