Holy Hissy Fit: Rev. Al Sharpton’s SUV Impounded at NY’s La Guardia Airport for Not Having Auto Insurance, Sharpton Flips Out at Cop (video)
Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on February 20, 2012
Flashback from 2010: Former Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon teamed up with Rev. Al Sharpton to fight against Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigration with SB 1070
Crikey, the guy’s a millionaire several times over. A radio host and an MSNBC talking head with a sweet contract. And a supporter/lobbyist for illegal aliens (which likely has some juicy, lucrative perks to it), as well as a tax dodger who owes millions to the government.
And yet, while the majority of liberals want everyone to “redistribute the wealth” and “pay their fair share,” that expectation comes to a screeching, hypocritical halt at the thresholds of their own doorways.
Like having mandatory car insurance. Resist We Much!
Reported by New York Post, Al Sharpton’s SUV impounded at La Guardia Airport:
The Rev. Al Sharpton tried to move heaven and earth yesterday to keep his SUV from being towed at La Guardia Airport — but no amount of preaching could stop Port Authority cops from impounding the vehicle.
An officer rolled up on the 2008 Lincoln Navigator at around 2 p.m. outside the Delta and US Airways terminal as the MSNBC host’s driver waited to pick him up in a clearly marked “no standing” zone, said PA Police spokesman Al Della Fave.
PAPD cop Oscar Ruiz asked the driver for his paperwork and quickly discovered that the SUV had a suspended registration “due to lack of insurance,” the spokesman said.
At that point, Sharpton emerged from the terminal after a flight from Washington, DC, and raised holy hell over the situation.
“He begins yelling, saying the cop was just doing this because of who he was,” a source said.
Simmer down, Rev. Al — did heiress Paris Hilton start screaming when she was busted for cocaine possession in Las Vegas in 2010 that police were arresting her because of “who she was”? No, she did not. If you break the law, suffer like the rest of us peasants, Al.
A raging, aging liberal blowhard, exploding when his wealth and celebrity doesn’t give him a free pass with police, isn’t attractive.
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“Sharpton was adamant there was insurance,” the source said. “He said he was on the phone with his lawyer, and he told the driver not to give the officer his keys.”
But the driver ignored his boss and turned over the keys to the cop — who issued the vehicle three summonses for illegal parking, lack of insurance and suspended registration.
Sharpton at first disputed the police account when reached by The Post last night — but soon saw the humor in the situation.
“It ain’t my problem,” Sharpton joked, pointing out that he gets driven in cars registered to his media company.
“I just called another car. I keep on rolling.”
‘Cuz that’s what the nation’s wealthiest 1% of liberals do… they just “keep on rolling.”
Even when they owe millions in taxes.
Doug Powers at The Powers That Be weighs in on Sharpton… Resist Car Insurance We Much: Al Sharpton’s SUV Impounded at La Guardia:
So it’s confirmed… Al Sharpton is not buying auto insurance with the the money he saves not paying back taxes.
Sharpton wouldn’t have these problems if the Republicans would stop eating all the damn blueberry pie:
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