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(WaPo) –A federal commission had to postpone a vote on a report that criticizes the Justice Department’s handling of a voter-intimidation lawsuit Friday after a Democratic panelist walked out of the meeting in protest.
The draft of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights report says that Justice tried to hide the extensive involvement of high-level political officials in the dismissal of the suit against members of the New Black Panther Party. The move, the report says, indicates that Justice’s Civil Rights Division is failing to protect white voters and is “at war with its core mission of guaranteeing equal protection (under) the laws for all Americans.”
The Justice Department has strongly denied the allegations in the report, which follows the commission’s year-long investigation into the Obama administration’s handling of the 2008 incident. The Bush administration had filed the lawsuit against the New Black Panther Party members, but the Justice Department under the Obama administration dismissed most of the case.
The commission, which is controlled by a bloc of conservative and liberterian members, was scheduled to vote on the report Friday morning. But it could not reach a quorum because commissioner Michael Yaki, a Democratic appointee, refused to participate.
“This has been a procedural and partisan farce from the beginning,” Yaki said in an impromptu news conference. “It’s not my responsibility to make a quorum for this kangaroo court … they want to score political points against the Obama Justice Department.”
Members of the commission’s majority, who drafted the report, denied they were motivated by politics and accused Justice Department officials of blocking their investigation, failing to turn over key documents and instructing witnessnes not to testify
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Vote postponed on New Black Panthers report after Democrat walks out - Report was to say High-Level DOJ Officials were involved in decision to dismiss New Black Panthers Voter Intimidation Case
Michael Yaki
(WaPo) –A federal commission had to postpone a vote on a report that criticizes the Justice Department’s handling of a voter-intimidation lawsuit Friday after a Democratic panelist walked out of the meeting in protest.
The draft of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights report says that Justice tried to hide the extensive involvement of high-level political officials in the dismissal of the suit against members of the New Black Panther Party. The move, the report says, indicates that Justice’s Civil Rights Division is failing to protect white voters and is “at war with its core mission of guaranteeing equal protection (under) the laws for all Americans.”
The Justice Department has strongly denied the allegations in the report, which follows the commission’s year-long investigation into the Obama administration’s handling of the 2008 incident. The Bush administration had filed the lawsuit against the New Black Panther Party members, but the Justice Department under the Obama administration dismissed most of the case.
The commission, which is controlled by a bloc of conservative and liberterian members, was scheduled to vote on the report Friday morning. But it could not reach a quorum because commissioner Michael Yaki, a Democratic appointee, refused to participate.
“This has been a procedural and partisan farce from the beginning,” Yaki said in an impromptu news conference. “It’s not my responsibility to make a quorum for this kangaroo court … they want to score political points against the Obama Justice Department.”
Members of the commission’s majority, who drafted the report, denied they were motivated by politics and accused Justice Department officials of blocking their investigation, failing to turn over key documents and instructing witnessnes not to testify
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Dear Mr. Holder, Aren't you supposed to be protecting the rights of THE people, not just YOUR people? Regards, We THE People Politico: Eric Holder: Black Panther case focus demeans 'my people' Attorney General Eric Holder finally got fed...
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US Civil Rights Commission Report: High-Level Justice Department Officials Tried to Hide Involvement in Dismissing Voter-Intimidation Lawsuit Against Black Panthers Click on the title to get the whole story at WZ. Obama is going down....
- Washington Post: Racial Politics Are The Norm Among Many At The Doj
From Hot Air: Remember J. Christian Adams and the New Black Panther Party voting rights case? Thanks to Adams, the DOJ pursued a civil action against two Panther members for intimidating voters outside a polling place in Philly in 2008. The Panthers didn’t...
- Important : Inside The Black Panther Case Anger, Ignorance And Lies - The Dismissal Raises Serious Questions About The Department's Enforcement Neutrality In Upcoming Midterm Elections And The Subsequent 2012 Presidential Election
BUMPED TO THE TOP BY ALWAYS ON WATCH When integrity is violated in free elections, a free society no longer exists. Federal Prosecutor Quits Over Order to Dismiss Black Panther Case From the Washington Times, with thanks to Will: On the day President...
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Obama Administration (Again) Refuses to Turn Over Documents Regarding its Decision not to Prosecute New Black Panthers to Civil Rights Commission...From Weasel Zippers: (Washington Times)- The Justice Department refused Tuesday to turn over...