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April 24, 2007
No Street honor for him
NY Newsday
Yesterday, in a column about the defeat of a campaign to name a street after Sonny Carson, Sheryl McCarthy erroneously reported:
Before his death in 2002, Carson, who supported the development of the Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn because he thought it would bring jobs for black men, bullied people who opposed the project...
This correction was appended today:
[CORRECTION: Sheryl McCarthy's column yesterday reported incorrectly that the late activist Sonny Carson had bullied opponents of the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn. Supporters of Carson had allegedly intimidated the opponents, and according to a City Council member, also had intimidated a school principal. PG. A15 ALL 4/24/07].
NoLandGrab: To clear the record: Sonny Carson didn't bully Atlantic Yards opponents, his pals did.
Unfortunately, depending on your point of view, in the fight over Atlantic Yards, to paraphrase Darnell Canada [aka Darnell Kennedy], we're all "the victim."
Posted by lumi at April 24, 2007 9:45 AM