Saturday, May 30, 2009

Voter intimidation is illegal -- unless the intimidator is a Black Panther.

On election day in November, there were many instances of voting irregularity. One of those occurred in Philadelphia. The New Black Panthers showed up at a polling place with a deadly weapon and threatened voters and poll workers. One of the men, King Samir Shabazz, advocates "racially motivated violence against non-blacks and Jews," according to prosecutors. Doesn't that sound like hate crimes? Even a liberal, Bartle Bull who worked as a civil rights lawyer in the 1960's south, said it was the most blatant voter intimidation he'd ever seen. "I watched the two uniformed men confront voters and attempt to intimidate voters. They were positioned in a location that forced every voter to pass in close proximity to them. The weapon was openly displayed and brandished in plain sight of voters." One of the panthers turned toward white poll observers and said, "You are about to be ruled by the black man, cracker."

You'd think this outrageous behaviour would not be tolerated in America. That was, indeed, the case prior to January 20, 2009. In the waning days of the Bush Administration, charges were filed against three of the intimidators. The Obama administration moved to dismiss the charges against these thugs on May 15. His Injustice Department has complied with his request. Do you think they would have done so had it been the KKK there?

Click here to see FOX News video from the scene on election day.
Click to watch the incident on YouTube.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/29/charges-black-panthers-dropped-obama/

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