Editing Al Sharpton (section)

===Dunbar Village===
On March 11, 2008, Sharpton held a press conference to highlight what he said was unequal treatment of four suspected rapists in a high-profile crime in the [[Dunbar Village]] Housing Projects in [[West Palm Beach, Florida]]. The suspects, who were young black men, were arrested for allegedly raping and beating a black [[Haiti]]an woman at gunpoint. The crime also involved forcing the woman to perform oral sex on her 12-year-old son.<ref name=Dunbar>{{cite web|url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-311sharpton,0,1042033.story |title=Sharpton says Dunbar Village defendants being treated unfairly |access-date=October 28, 2009 |last=Othón |first=Nancy L. |date=March 11, 2008 |work=[[South Florida Sun-Sentinel]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314141109/http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-311sharpton%2C0%2C1042033.story |archive-date=March 14, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

At his press conference Sharpton said that any violent act toward a woman is inexcusable but he felt that the accused youths were being treated unfairly because they were black. Sharpton contrasted the treatment of the suspects, who were held without bail, with white suspects involved in a gang rape—which he claimed was equivalent to the Dunbar Village attack—who were released after posting bond.<ref name=Dunbar/>