The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights’ interim report on the New Black Panther Party voter-intimidation case is now available on the commission’s website. Good summaries are provided by the Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin and former Justice Department lawyer J. Christian Adams. (And, of course, by yours truly at the Heritage Foundation website). There is also a Washington Times editorial today about DOJ’s blocking the investigation.
The bottom line? The evidence shows that a racial double standard prevails in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. It dismissed the voter intimidation case against the New Black Panther Party because of hostility to the idea of enforcing the Voting Rights Act against black defendants. Moreover, the Justice Department broke the law by stonewalling the Civil Rights Commission’s investigation, defying lawfully issued subpoenas and a federal statute outlining its obligation to cooperate with Commission investigations, as well as claiming non-existent privileges to justify its refusal to release relevant (and probably embarrassing) documents and communications. As Commissioner and Corner contributor Peter Kirsanow stated in the report, the Justice Department engaged “in a degree of stonewalling and obstruction inexplicable for an agency professing clean hands.”
"I'm shocked, shocked that (stonewalling) is going on at this establishment"
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseAs we expected anything else with Oblunder and Holder
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThis is what you get when you elect a BLACK DEMOCRAT. As Rush so eloquently put it: "It's PAYBACK Time." "It's GET EVEN Time."
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse20 YEARS listening to WHITE HATER Jeremiah Wright? Going to WHITE HATER Louis Farrakhan Rallies?
Birds of a feather, flock together.
I wish that ALL White People would OPEN THEIR EYES. I wish they would WAKE UP. Maybe, go get his Books and READ THEM.
He's not your friend. You're USEFULL IDIOTS. All that GUILT. He might even hate YOU, more than he HATES the JEWS. And he was BROUGHT UP to hate them. He was TAUGHT in his Muslim Schools to hate them.
Let this DOJ thing sink in to your THICK SKULLS.
He is NOT the President for ALL the people. And if you don't believe me? Go out, next election, and stand in front of a Polling Place, wearing Military Fatigues, and brandishing a WEAPON, and INTIMIDATE BLACKS, as they come up to vote. And make sure somebody gets it ON TAPE.
They'll lock YOU up, and throw away the key.
Why?
Cause you're WHITE.
Wake Up!
“Justice denied anywhere diminishes justice everywhere.” -- MLK
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWhy such a big deal.How can you not be aware of the Blacks disregard and defiance of the law?Look at the percentage of Blacks in jail,far exceeding their population.The more interesting fact is the number of educated ones who not only ignore this disrespect for the law and remain silent.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIf any readers happen to be affiliated with an institution of higher education (particularly a community college, where faculty research does not matter), or would like to pester one, try this:
Locate a department that has traditionally been white male, typically STEM. Ask for the race and ethnic classification of the faculty members there now. Keep in mind that this information is requested on every application, and is coveted by HR.
More likely than not, it will be stonewalled, although you might get bulk results for a large department.
I have tried this with one location where the hiring process for a particular faculty member was suspicious. It's not the he's unqualified, but rather the recruitment was run in a suspicious manner. Of course, he knew the hiring committee head. How, I wondered, did this white male so easily pass the scrutiny of the "diversity" fanatics? According to a witness, he had brought his application in person, was told that the college would extend the recruitment to get more "diverse" applicants, then made a change on his application. What did he change? Was it the check box?
Of course, my formal request was refused based on "privacy." I then noted that due to a marriage in the family, published in a social register, I could trace his predecessors back to their villages in Europe (and beyond). There was no doubt as to what box he should have checked. Under the circumstances, how could his check box be private, especially considering the supposedly compelling need for "diversity"? How could "diversity" possibly be private? Its entire purpose is public!
Still, denial from HR. Without a subpoena (and there's no reason to get one), we'll never know if the fellow is a "Native American," which I understand is the favorite choice in these cases.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWhat happens to a nation when laws apply to some people, and not to others? An increase in lawlessness and a break down in society. We have it here. We have in illegal immigrants, in Rahm Emanuel for Mayor, we have it in many places. But remember, Rahm is a professional, so don't try his trick at home. The rest of us will get nailed to the wall for trivialities. This may not end well.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWhen was the investigation against this party initiated? Other pieces on the web indicated that the Bush administration also investigated the so called "New Black Panther Party" without any result. Were they lying?
If so, I'd love to see the war of words and retractions falsely reporting it. If not, the double standard appears to be on the part of those writing now with great pantomime in the links.
So were both administrations in error or not?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseBut... but... but... only white guys are evil... I don't understand!
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseHope&Change!
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThis is truly sad. Obama and Holder had an opportunity to be even handed in administering the law. Instead they chose the racist approach, skewing enforcement by using race as a factor in determining who should get a pass and who should be prosecuted. A black Prez and black AG who applied the law equally across racial lines would have shown all races that in America the law is colorblind. Now it will be up to a non-black to do this, and when they do apply the law equally, the cries of racist/racism will be heard. At some point, preference for skin color must be eliminated in application of our laws. Obama and Holder blew it, for they were the ones who could have done it, gracefully. Instead, they chose to be the "African" part of "African-American" instead of the American part. Truly a blown opportunity for leadership and healing.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIf I read this correectly, the law was broken.
This begs the question, who's going to jail?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWhite people don't have civil rights.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse"Civil rights" are not rights. It's unfortunate that the phrase "civil rights" sometimes gets used interchangeably with the word "rights" a sentence just needs more syllables. Civil rights are unconstitutional federal powers to punish and suppress at the whims of the attorney general of the United States.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseTom P -
The Justice Department under the Bush administration pursued this case and received a default judgment; it was after the court found the NBPP members guilty that the Obabma administration dropped the case against 3 of the men and reduced the charge against the 4th man.
And yes, that is as unusual as it sounds.
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Many anthropologists say that modern man came out of Africa. So that makes us all "African Americans." I am not aware of any generational limitations on our roots to Africa.
Also, what is a "black" person? I would love to see a definition such that one could grade each applicant to make sure they fit the criteria checked. Perhaps we should consult the text books from NAZI Germany. I hear they did a lot of research.
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