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Rev. Al Sharpton refused to apologize for allegations he made that a 15-year-old black girl was raped by a group of white men in 1987, claims that were found to be false<\/a> by a grand jury.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But Sharpton doubled down on the controversial accusations he made in the notorious Tawana Brawley case as a guest on PBS show “Firing Line.”<\/p>\n

“Absolutely not,” Sharpton told PBS host Margaret Hoover when asked if his opinion on the case has changed in 35 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“I have no evidence that I was misled,” Sharpton added.<\/p>\n

The one-time failed presidential candidate and civil rights activist repeatedly argued that the Brawley case should have gone to trial, instead of being found a hoax by a grand jury.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I don’t have any different understanding because a grand jury is not a trial,” Sharpton said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“My position was that there was this allegation from this young lady that was really questionable behavior by some that she accused,” Sharpton said, referring to the six white men that were found to be falsely accused of raping the teenager. <\/p>\n

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Some of the men who were accused of raping Brawley were police officers, making the case especially explosive for civil rights.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But Sharpton was adamant that Brawley “deserved to have her day in court,” despite conclusions that the claims were a hoax, according to a grand jury that was convened to hear the rape allegations.<\/p>\n

Sharpton, who became famous<\/a> as a boy preacher in Brooklyn, New York, accused the criminal justice system of being unfair.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“There’s a famous saying by a judge in New York: You can indict a ham sandwich if you want to,” Sharpton told Hoover.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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He also pointed the finger at the prosecutor who once charged him “with taking money from my youth group,” a case that Sharpton said he beat in court.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“So why would I believe [the prosecutor] with what he did with the grand jury when I saw what he did to me?”<\/p>\n

The Tawana Brawley rape allegations shocked the country and helped launch Sharpton to the national stage after Brawley, a teenager the time, said she was allegedly raped in the woods by multiple white men in Wappingers Falls, New York<\/u><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She also said that she was left wrapped in a feces-covered plastic bag with racial slurs written on her body.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fox News\u2019 Greg Norman contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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