MLKs Niece UNLEASHES On Al Sharpton After He Compares Himself To Martin Luther King Al Sharpton has been known to make appearances at times of civil unrest. Such was the case during the Ferguson riots, and once again during the Baltimore riots, where he tried to instigate more issues. During a recent appearance, Sharpton made the mistake of comparing himself to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Immediately, he received backlash from the community, including Kings niece, Dr. Alveda King. In an interview with Fox News, King told Neil Cavuto that Sharpton was way out of line to compare the violence in Baltimore to the peaceful protests that happened with civil rights leaders like MLK. Im astounded, because when Rev. Sharpton says you need to do researchresearch will show that my uncle, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who actually came from a background where it would have been easy for him to be violentthey were trained in non-violence, conflict resolution, King concluded. Did they want to riot? King asked. Yesbut there was a standard, there were teachers, there were leaders who helped them not fight. What do you think of Sharptons comments? Is he anything like MLK? 