in an intent to explain his work as fbi mob informant in the 80s, al sharpton claimed he turned into a rat after, after, his life was threatened by wise guys. my life was threatened by people who claimed to be mobsters. a guy who calls himself sal actually flew to new york from l.a. and said that if i didn t stop interfering they would kill me. i contacted the fbi, even though i had recent run-ins in a separate boxing investigation. my call led to my cooperating with the fbi against those mob guys. but the smoking gun may have blown his cover. the new report suggests sharpton was afraid he could face criminal charges so he chose the path of self-preservation. the report says sharpton was flipped by the fbi agents after agents confronted him about this
in an intent to explain his work as fbi mob informant in the 80s, al sharpton claimed he turned into a rat after, after, his life was threatened by wise guys. my life was threatened by people who claimed to be mobsters. a guy who calls himself sal actually flew to new york from l.a. and said that if i didn t stop interfering they would kill me. i contacted the fbi, even though i had recent run-ins in a separate boxing investigation. my call led to my cooperating with the fbi against those mob guys. but the smoking gun may have blown his cover. the new report suggests sharpton was afraid he could face criminal charges so he chose the path of self-preservation. the report says sharpton was flipped by the fbi agents after agents confronted him about this
michael jackson tourp in 1984, we demanded black promoters be involved in promoting their tour. soon after that, my life was threatened by people who claimed to be mobsters. the guys who called themselves sal actually flew to new york from l.a. and said if i didn t stop interfering, they would kill me. i contacted the fbi, even though i had recent run-ins with them in a separate boxing investigation. my call led to my cooperating with the fbi against those mob guys. or who they say they were. that s the story and it s not a new story. i wrote about it in my book go and tell pharaoh back in 1996. and it s been reported in the press before. i did the right thing, working with the authorities. i didn t consider myself, quote, an informant. wasn t told i was that. i was an american citizen with