THREE MARTINI LUNCH: MAY 1, 2015

National Review's Ian Tuttle talks current events with Radio America's Greg Corombos. Today's Martinis: Bernie Sanders polls in double digits in Iowa, Al Sharpton wants the Justice Department to take over policing, and Whole Foods draws fire for feeding National Guard troops.



Al Sharpton's latest bright idea: Have the Justice Department 'take over policing in this country'

The first alarm bell should have sounded when Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake held a post-riot press conference and specifically invited Al Sharpton by name to come to Baltimore and do his thing. Of course he came to Baltimore and met personally with the mayor in her office.

Fast-forward just two days and the mayor could be found delivering remarks in front of Sharpton's National Action Network press backdrop, complete with the "No Justice, No Peace" slogan. Are the two getting a little too cozy? Check out the outrageous video of MSNBC host Sharpton physically shoving Fox News reporter Leland Vittert away from Rawlings-Blake as he dared approach the mayor to ask a question.

What next from Sharpton? How about this: a call to bring America's police departments under the jurisdiction of the Department of Justice. "We need the Justice Department to step in and take over policing in this country," he told reporters this afternoon, adding that it would take fighting states' rights to do so.

VIDEO: In #Baltimore, #RevAlSharpton calls for justice dept. takeover of police in US - http://t.co/S0ORYOr3ee pic.twitter.com/ImQk8htpTX

— Baltimore Sun Video (@BaltSunVid) April 30, 2015

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