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Article: Sharpton owes overdue taxes
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- May 10, 2008
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NEW YORK -- 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. ...