Saw it on Fox News... http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum/browse_thread/thread/dd1e48c3f9ebb395#
On Nov 4, 2:37 pm, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Armed Black Panthers blocked a doorway to a polling location and > intimidated voters in Philadelphia, Pa., according to Republican poll > observers. > > After one of two men wearing Black Panther gear brandished a > nightstick to threaten voters, a poll watcher called police. > > He said he then walked back outside and the man with a night stick > told him, "'We're tired of white supremacy' and he starts tapping the > nightstick in his hand. At which point I said, 'OK, we're not going to > get in a fist fight right here,' and I called the police." > > A poll watcher with the University of Pennsylvania asked the men who > they were with. > > The man with the nightstick responded, "Uh, security," and asked why > he was taking pictures. > > He told them, "I think it might be a little intimidating that you have > a stick in your hand." He continued, "I am a concerned citizen, and > I'm just worried that …" > > "So are we, and that's why we're here," the Black Panther with the > nightstick interrupted. > > Officers escorted the man with the nightstick away from the polling > location, but the other person in Black Panther gear is a poll > watcher. He was allowed to remain on the premises. > > Minister Najee Muhammad, national field marshal for the New Black > Panther Party, told a crowd Nov. 2 that the Black Panthers would send > members to polling sites on Election Day, the Jackson Sun reported. > > "We will not allow some racists and other angry whites, who are upset > over an impending Barack Obama presidential victory, to intimidate > blacks at the polls," he said. "Most certainly, we cannot allow these > racist forces to slaughter our babies or commit other acts of violence > against the black population, nor our black president." > > Uhuru Shakur, chairman of the Atlanta chapter, said, "We love Barack > Obama – he gives our people great hope and light for advancement. > Every president America has had has been a white man. Now the black > man must be given his time to rule. Obama is a man of justice and a > leader who wants to do right." > > Shakur warned, "We will be at the polls in the cities and counties in > many states to ensure that the enemy does not sabotage the black vote, > which was won through the blood of the martyrs of our people." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
