Sharpton Led Away to Jail in Handcuffs
The Rev. Al Sharpton, handcuffed and escorted by police, arrived from Puerto Rico and was immediately taken to a detention facility to serve a 90-day sentence for trespassing on Navy land on Vieques island.
Also on the flight from San Juan were New York City Councilman Adolfo Carrion Jr., New York state legislator Jose Rivera and Bronx County Democratic Party Chairman Roberto Ramirez. They were sentenced to 40 days.
All were sentenced for a May 1 protest against bombing exercises on Vieques.
Sharpton was convicted of a misdemeanor but sentenced as a repeat offender because he had prior arrests for civil disobedience in New York.
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