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If a cop sees a person running out of a store with a gun he's seeing a crime. He's not seeing a person standing.

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Al Sharpton
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: October 3
Film Actor
Human Rights Activist
Minister
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Television Presenter
Brooklyn
New York
Alfred Charles Al Sharpton
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