Al Sharpton files suit in 1991 stabbing incident

[Khephra]

NEW YORK (AP) _ Democratic presidential candidate Al Sharpton has filed a civil suit alleging New York City police failed to protect him from being attacked at a protest in 1991, his lawyer said.

Sharpton, 49, says he suffered physical and psychological injuries when a white man stabbed him in the chest as he was preparing to lead the protest in Brooklyn, the Daily News reported Sunday.

"Either through negligence, carelessness or recklessness, a man was able to breach a safety zone created by the police to protect Rev. Sharpton, and stab him with a 5-inch knife," lawyer Sanford Rubenstein, who is representing Sharpton in the suit, told the News.

Sharpton says in the suit that he suffered emotional trauma, permanent scarring to his chest and difficulty breathing as a result of the attack, the News reported.

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[BraveDave]

1. HAHAHAHA!!!!!

"Psycological injuries" So that's his problem.

[GabysPoppy]

2. The headline is misleading

The suit was filed years and Sharpton made some of his claims in a deposition taken in 2000.