Al Sharpton claims he's getting death threats. He should probably call the cops.

Al Sharpton wants to make sure you know that the real victim of Saturday's execution-style killing of NYPD officers Wenjian Liu and Raphael Ramos was not the cops involved. Oh sure, he's paying some transparent lip service to their deaths, but Sharpton thinks there are bigger issues at stake. He seems to think the real victims here are Al Sharpton and his money-grubbing movement.

According to Sharpton, he's receiving threats, and as CBS News reported the officers' murders are making it tough for him to cash in on the Eric Garner and Michael Brown cases:

Civil rights leaders Sunday condemned the ambush killings of two New York police officers and expressed fear that the backlash over the bloodshed could derail the protest movement that has grown out of the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner… Similarly, the Rev. Al Sharpton, who has called for peaceful protests, condemned “eye-for-an-eye” violence and called it absurd to blame protesters or politicians for the officers’ deaths.

Sharpton made the comments during a press conference on Sunday, where he appeared with Garner's widow and mother. He went on to claim that his movement is:

“...a pursuit of justice to make the city work fairly for everyone. This is not about trying to take things in our own hands. That does not solve the problem of police misconduct. If we go into a area where’s it’s an eye for an eye, then it is only a matter of who can out-plunk eyes, rather than who can make the system fair.”

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That movement, he fears, is under assault. People who think he's just petty little race-baiting agitator are angry, and Sharpton claims he is being attacked by "those who are misguided – from those who are trying to blame everyone from civil rights leaders to the mayor rather than deal with an ugly spirit that all of us need to fight." He also played what he claims is just one of the many threatening voice mails he's received. “The language," he said, "is ‘hey N-word, stop killing innocent people, I’m going to get you,’ and I have several like this. So we are now under intense threat.”

“I have instructed our attorneys last night, I have began receiving threatening phone calls and hate. I’ll play one because I’m turning this over to the FBI."

First of all, if Al Sharpton is receiving threats, he should probably call the cops. We're sure they're eager to help him out. They're undoubtedly big fans - especially since, just one week ago, his ultra-peaceful "Million Marchers" were wandering down the street chanting "What do we want? Dead Cops. When do we want them? Now." Maybe when they said they wanted "dead cops now" they were just "speaking colloquially." Secondly, why would anyone, anywhere, believe Sharpton's nasty little voice mails are genuine? This man has made a career out of phony accusations - beginning with Tawana Brawley's fake rape claims. Those, of course, were leveled against... Oh right. Cops. There's no reason to assume that the current threats weren't phoned in by one of his accomplices. ...And even if they weren't, so what? All of this - the alleged threats included - is exactly what Sharpton and his cohorts wanted. He's been fomenting hate, riots, violence, and death since his track suit days, most notably in the case of the Crown Heights riots back in the early 90's. He couldn't possibly care less about the death of two police officers, nor is he interested in the pain their families are now forced to endure. He sees an exploitable situation, riles up a bunch of easily manipulated sheep, and turns them lose on a neighborhood. After the chaos dies down, he gets in front of the cameras, outlines his new fundraising strategy, and then spends a few minutes trying claim that he had nothing to do with the creation of the situation in the first place. If he receives a few threats in the process, that's just sauce for the goose. He can - on top of proclaiming his innocence, paint himself as a victim. So far, that blueprint has gained him an MSNBC show and repeated audiences with some of America's most prominent politicians. This is - to a T - his modus operandi.