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Critics of the Rev. Al Sharpton seized on the killings of two New York City Police officers Saturday, blaming the civil rights leader for provoking an anti-police mentality in the wake of the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. Sharpton immediately denounced Saturday's apparent execution-style shootings and denied any link to the cases of Brown and Garner, two black men who were separately killed by white officers this year.

"I have spoken to the Garner family and we are outraged by the early reports of the police killed in Brooklyn today [Saturday]," Sharpton said in a statement. "We have stressed at every rally and march that anyone engaged in any violence is an enemy to the pursuit of justice. The Garner family and I have always stressed that we do not believe that all police are bad, in fact we have stressed that most police are not bad."

Eric Garner died in Staten Island in July after an officer put him in a choke hold. Although the move is illegal in New York, a grand jury cleared Officer Daniel Pantaleo of all potential charges Dec. 3. The acquittal set off protests nationwide and prompted Sharpton to call for a federal civil rights investigation. In demonstrations, protesters held up signs accusing the NYPD of racism and calling for Pantaleo to be punished.

The suspect in Saturday's shooting, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, had indicated online he was planning to kill police officers in retaliation for Garner's death, according to media reports. "I'm putting wings on pigs today. They take 1 of ours, let's take 2 of theirs," the guman wrote on his Instagram account, adding hashtags that mentioned Garner and Brown, officials said.

A White House official said President Barack Obama has been brief on the Brooklyn shooting. "White House officials continue to monitor the situation," the statement said.

Even before the shooter and his motives were identified, Sharpton detractors began pointing fingers at the reverend. "We have two dead police officers, and I guess Al Sharpton got what he wanted," retired NYPD detective Harry Houck told CNN. On Twitter, streams of vitriolic comments targeted Sharpton:

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The Rev. Al Sharpton, after sitting down with reeling Sony Entertainment co-chair Amy Pascal, said the racial makeup of 21st century Hollywood lags decades behind the times.

An apologetic Pascal met for 90 minutes with Sharpton and National Urban League President Marc Morial to discuss her recently unearthed racially insensitive emails exposed and leaked by hackers.

Sharpton said the two sides hoped to work together on a plan to bring more minority representation to the movie business.

Pascal arrived in Manhattan one day after scratching the Dec. 25 release of "The Interview, the controversial Seth Rogen and James Franco comedy.

Sharpton said Hollywood had a history as an exclusionary, almost all-white hierarchy ... an environment that still resembles 1950s America.

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He cited the hacked emails in which Pascal and producer Scott Rudin made inappropriate cracks about President Obama's movie tastes suggesting the chief executive preferred movies about slavery or starring black actors.

Pascal, who did not appear after the meeting at a Manhattan hotel, released a formal apology last week for her remarks.

The jury is still out on where we go with Amy, Sharpton said. We clearly are willing to deal with an immediate formula to see where we deal with breaking down the walls of inflexible, and so far immovable, racial exclusion in Hollywood.

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The Rev. Al Sharpton is surrounded by other civil rights leaders while he speaks during a news conference at the National Action Network headquarters in New York, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Rev. Al Sharpton, president of the National Action Network, is slated to visit North Charleston Sunday afternoon to celebrate Charity Missionary Baptist Church's 100th anniversary.

The service is scheduled to begin 5 p.m. at the church, 1544 East Montague Ave., according to spokeswoman Trudy Grant. Sharpton will serve as the service's guest speaker, she said.

The church's pastor, Rev. Nelson B. Rivers III, joined the National Action Network's senior staff in June as vice president of religious affairs and external relations. The civil-rights organization aims to reverse gun violence.

Sunday's service is free and open to the public.

Reach Christina Elmore at 937-5908 or at Twitter.com/celmorePC.

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