Their trial provided a forum at which the some of the city 's most prominent black activists , including the Rev. Al Sharpton , and the lawyers C. Vernon Mason and Alton H. Maddox Jr. accused the police and the Queens district attorney with taking part in a cover-up and called for the appointment of a special prosecutor .
Al Sharpton
Queens
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Al Sharpton
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C. Vernon Mason
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