Whatever Al Sharpton is charging his people to teach them the ways of race-hustling is not enough. They got this thing down to science. A South Carolina chapter of Sharpton’s National Action Network is demanding that a store be closed because employees detained a black shoplifter who violently attacked one of the clerks.

This is a Sharptionian hysterical reaction to something that is completely nothing, taking a black criminal and turning him into the victim of racism. It also comes with unreasonable demands, a hallmark of the Sharpton system. The only thing that’s missing is the shakedown for money, but that is probably covered in race-hustling 201 which the SC chapter hasn’t paid for yet.

WJLA reports that 38-year-old Tyrone Mazyck tried to steal something from the Andrews Market in North Charleston, SC. He was confronted by employees and ended up cutting one of them with a pocket knife. The employees fought back and hit Mazyck with a stick. After that, the employees held Mazyck at gun and sword point until police arrived to arrest him.

Mazyck admitted that he tried to shoplift and was in possession of a pocket knife. He threatened responding officers as well as store employees as he was hauled off. He was taken to the hospital and treated for minor stick-related wounds and then arrested.

A video was taken of the incident and it shows Mazyck struggling with store employees. They force him to the ground and hold him until police arrive.

Not much controversy here, right? Wrong. You see, Mazyck is black and the store employees are Middle Eastern, so obviously this was a racially motivated hate attack. On Monday the National Action Network was protesting the store.

The National Action Network is demanding the closure of the convenience store after what the organization describes as a “racial incident.” Elder James Johnson of NAN said the organization is seeking kidnapping and assault and battery charges against store employees involved in the incident.

“They beat him with a stick in the store, like Sharia law,” said Elder Johnson.

Naw, if they were doing the Sharia law thing they would have cut off his hand and maybe his head. These employees were just stopping a guy from stealing and defending themselves against his attack.

Johnson also went on an extended rant complaining how this “Arab” store steals from the black community but doesn’t put any money into the black community. I guess he doesn’t understand how retail or taxes work. No doubt this is due in part to the training he received from Al “the tax cheat” Sharpton. I can guarantee this: that store puts more money onto the community than the dozen or so protesters combined.

This is classic Sharpton race-hustling. A black guy commits a crime and an act of violence, but because he is black, any reaction to his criminal and anti-social behavior is considered racist. This is the most important aspect of the Sharpton system because without any actual racism, there is a need to invent some.

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