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| | Jesse Jackson was arrested by Decatur, Illinois in December 1999 and charged with criminal trespass and contributing to the delinquency of a minor <ref>[http://www.judicialwatch.org/archive/2006/jackson-report.pdf Jesse Jackson Exposed,] A Judicial Watch Special Report. Retrieved from judicialwatch.org 06/04/07.</ref> in connection with a demonstration at a local high school. | | Jesse Jackson was arrested by Decatur, Illinois in December 1999 and charged with criminal trespass and contributing to the delinquency of a minor <ref>[http://www.judicialwatch.org/archive/2006/jackson-report.pdf Jesse Jackson Exposed,] A Judicial Watch Special Report. Retrieved from judicialwatch.org 06/04/07.</ref> in connection with a demonstration at a local high school. |
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| − | In June 2007, Jackson was again arrested outside a gun shop. Jackson was allegedly protesting the killing of a 16 year old honor student who was the unintended victim of gang violence. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,286412,00.html Rev. Jesse Jackson Arrested at Gun Shop Protest], June 24, 2007.</ref> | + | In June 2007, Jackson was again arrested outside a gun shop. Jackson was allegedly protesting the killing of a 16 year old honor student who was the unintended victim of gang violence.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,286412,00.html Rev. Jesse Jackson Arrested at Gun Shop Protest], June 24, 2007.</ref> |
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| | In the wake of the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]] Rev. Jackson was virtually alone in opposing retaliation on terrorists and the regimes that harbored them. Speaking in a meeting at Operation PUSH headquarters in Chicago four days after the attacks, Jackson told listeners rather than deploy troops the U.S. should, | | In the wake of the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]] Rev. Jackson was virtually alone in opposing retaliation on terrorists and the regimes that harbored them. Speaking in a meeting at Operation PUSH headquarters in Chicago four days after the attacks, Jackson told listeners rather than deploy troops the U.S. should, |
| − | {{Cquote|launch the fight for the redistribution of resources. One hundred million people will have AIDS in five years. We should use our strength for that. <ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1571/is_38_17/ai_79027414 A Tale of Two Preachers - Louis Farrakhan and Jesse Jackson], by Kenneth R. Timmerman, ''Insight on the News'', Oct 15, 2001.</ref>}} | + | {{Cquote|launch the fight for the redistribution of resources. One hundred million people will have AIDS in five years. We should use our strength for that.<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1571/is_38_17/ai_79027414 A Tale of Two Preachers - Louis Farrakhan and Jesse Jackson], by Kenneth R. Timmerman, ''Insight on the News'', Oct 15, 2001.</ref>}} |
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| | He was prominent in the [[Michael Richards]] and [[Don Imus]] cases. | | He was prominent in the [[Michael Richards]] and [[Don Imus]] cases. |
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| − | ==External link== | + | ==External links== |
| | *[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=26851 Jesse Jackson's ties to terrorists exposed], By Paul Sperry, ''WolrdNetDaily.com'', March 18, 2002. | | *[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=26851 Jesse Jackson's ties to terrorists exposed], By Paul Sperry, ''WolrdNetDaily.com'', March 18, 2002. |
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