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Questions of corruption in the Obama Justice Department is being asked in the case of Black Panthers who intimidated voter and were allowed to walk free when the case was dropped by political appointees in the department.
Three Black Panthers, Minister King Samir Shabazz, Malik Zulu Shabazz and Jerry Jackson were charged in a civil complain in the final days of the Bush administration with violating the voter rights act by using coercion, threats and intimidation. Shabazz was seen holding a nightstick or baton that prosecutors said he pointed at people and menacingly tapped it. The men hurled racial slurs at both blacks and whites.
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In an affidavit, a poll watcher testified that it was the most blatant form of voter intimidation he had ever seen. Bartle Bull, wrote
I watched the two uniformed men confront voter and attempt to intimidate them. The weapon was openly displayed and brandished in plain sight of the voters.
The Justice Department won the case last month but then later moved to dismiss the charges on May 15, 2009. Now Congressional Republicans asking asking why it was dismissed and by whom--political appointees or career attorneys? They are asking that the charges be refilled because under the circumstances it would not violate the double-jeopardy clause.
The Congressmen want to know why Associate Attorney Thomas J. Perrelli, the departments No. 3 political appointee, approved the decision to drop the case even though the government had won a judgements against the Black Panther for his actions at a Philadelphia polling location.
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) had been unsuccessful since May in getting answers to questions about whether political appointees were involved in the complaints dismissal and why the department has refused to respond to congressional inquiries requesting specific information requesting on the investigation.
The original complaint against the three Black Panthers was filed by career lawyers in the Justice Department but the conviction appears to have been overruled by Obama appointees who were put into their positions by the President Obama. The complaint dropped the case against two of the men and charged the one man that wielded the nightstick. Then the Justice Department let the man walk free after they already had a judgement against him.
Records have not been forthcoming from the Obama appointee, Attorney General Eric H. Holder"s Justice Department which were requested under the Freedom of Information Act.
The problem for the Obama administration is that this situation cannot be hidden from the public, coming at a time where there is already dismay that he took the part of black professor who was raging and ranting on his front porch and called the cop who arrested him "stupid." What the President may be finding is that this is not Chicago, ruled with an iron hand by the Daley machine, that helped Obama up the political ladder. Millions of Americans are watching and don't seem to like what they are seeing coming out of the Obama administration when it comes to matters of race.
Sources and references:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2009/05/29/charges-black-panthers-dropped-obama/
http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=51788&print=on
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jul/30/no-3-at-justice-okd-panther-reversal/?source=newsletter_must-read-stories-today_photo_feature
About the New Black Panther Party
http://www.newblackpanther.com/
To see videos, go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neGbKHyGuHU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFOKnJ0oXYY&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94b78rnWMP4&NR=1
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