The comments made by radio icon Don Imus on Monday regarding Cowboys cornerback Adam Jones have caught the attention of Rev. Al Sharpton, who led the charge to take down Imus in the wake of his comments regarding the Rutgers women’s basketball team.

“It has been reported to me that statements were made by Mr. Imus this morning and National Action Network has monitored his show since his return,” Sharpton said in a statement.  “I find the inference of his remark disturbing because it plays into stereotypes.  Any use of stereotypes is always counterproductive.  We will determine in the next day or so whether or not his remark warrants direct action on our part as we did in April of last year.”

We’re not sure why Sharpton’s group needs to take a day or so to decide what to do, unless the question of whether it’s right or wrong to take action is determined based on whether it’s right or wrong with respect to the broader interests and agenda of Sharpton’s group. 

Imus is expected to address the issue on Tuesday morning during his show, which means that someone outside of New York City might actually be listening to the show on Tuesday morning.

Based on an e-mail he sent to the New York Times, Imus is expected to explain that his comments were intended to reflect that Jones’ race made him a target for police attention.  “I meant he was being picked on because he’s black,’’ Imus wrote. 

Imus also told the Times that he’ll raise the issue with comedian Dick Gregory, an African-American, during Tuesday’s show.  Gregory was already scheduled to appear on the show to discuss the passing of George Carlin.  “We’ll see what [Gregory] thinks,’’ Imus told the Times. “I mean . . . come on!’’

No, Don, you come on.  You don’t get the benefit of the doubt on this one.  If you had a history of pointing out that police unfairly target black men for handcuffs, fingerprints, and mug shots, then your words would be assessed from that context.  Your history instead suggests that you’ve had yet another slip of the tongue, and that you meant not that Jones has been arrested because the police like to arrest black men, but that he has been in trouble because he is a black man.