NAACP wants NY Post editor and cartoonist fired

By VERENA DOBNIK

NEW YORK (AP) — The head of the NAACP on Saturday urged readers to boycott the New York Post, calling a cartoon that the newspaper published an invitation to assassinate President Barack Obama.

Benjamin Todd Jealous, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, called on the tabloid to remove editor-in-chief Col Allan, as well as longtime cartoonist Sean Delonas.

Earlier this week, the newspaper apologized to anyone who might have been offended by the image printed Wednesday, which some say likens Obama to a violent chimpanzee gunned down by police in Connecticut.

Jealous said the cartoon was "an invitation to assassination."

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BLACKOUT FRIDAY BOYCOTT, NOV. 2

Ballentine, Other Talkers Urge Friday 'Blackout' Boycott

A group of black talk show hosts led by RADIO ONE Urban AC-Talk WAMJ (102.5 GROWN FOLKS RADIO)/ATLANTA middayer WARREN BALLENTINE is urging a one-day national general boycott FRIDAY to protest what they call racial and economic injustice. BALLENTINE is being joined in "The Blackout" by syndicated hosts MICHAEL BAISDEN and Rev. AL SHARPTON.

BALLENTINE tells the ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION that "after JENA, I decided there's so many things going on in this country as far as [injustices within] the justice system.... I'm a lawyer and I'm seeing a lot of people across the board suffer from the mortgage crisis. I'm asking all Americans to participate, not just blacks. I'm asking people —- if you can —- don't spend any money."