with the ACLU and jews behind them they'll escape justice On Nov 20, 10:18 am, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > Home <http://www.washingtontimes.com/> � News > <http://www.washingtontimes.com/news> � *National* > <http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/national> > > Friday, November 20, 2009 > > Nixing of Panthers complaint starts probe > > Rate this story > > /critic/1/1/79/401547/vote/?r=/news/2009/nov/20/nixing-of-panthers-complaint-starts-probe/ > /critic/1/2/79/401547/vote/?r=/news/2009/nov/20/nixing-of-panthers-complaint-starts-probe/ > /critic/1/3/79/401547/vote/?r=/news/2009/nov/20/nixing-of-panthers-complaint-starts-probe/ > /critic/1/4/79/401547/vote/?r=/news/2009/nov/20/nixing-of-panthers-complaint-starts-probe/ > /critic/1/5/79/401547/vote/?r=/news/2009/nov/20/nixing-of-panthers-complaint-starts-probe/ > > Average 0.00 > after 0 votes > Login or register to rate this story <javascript:registration_callback();> > > * Font Size - > > <http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/20/nixing-of-panthers-co...>+ > > <http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/20/nixing-of-panthers-co...> > * Print > > <http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/20/nixing-of-panthers-co...> > * Email > <http://www.washingtontimes.com/mailfriend/79/401547/45a46dbe20/> > * Comment > > <http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/20/nixing-of-panthers-co...> > * Tweet this! > > <http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/20/nixing-of-panthers-co...> > * Yahoo! 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Lamar Smith of Texas, ranking member of the House Judiciary > Committee, and Frank R. Wolf of Virginia, a senior member of the House > Appropriations Committee, said the "American people deserve a full > accounting" of what they called the "incomprehensible dismissal" of a > complaint charging the NBPP and three of its members with voter > intimidation at a Philadelphia polling place during the November 2008 > presidential elections. > > The demand is contained in a Nov. 16 letter to Attorney General Eric H. > Holder Jr., referring to an ongoing inquiry in the matter by the Justice > Department's Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), which > investigates accusations of misconduct involving department lawyers. > > Mary Patrice Brown, acting OPR counsel, confirmed in August that her > office had "initiated an inquiry into the matter," although no > information about the probe has been released since. > > It was not clear Thursday whether any of the career lawyers had yet been > interviewed or whether they had made any statements or given any reports > on the case to OPR officials, but Mr. Wolf on Thursday said his office > would continue to seek information on why the case was dismissed. > > "We're not going to let this go," he said. > > Since May, Mr. Smith and Mr. Wolf have sought unsuccessfully to get Mr. > Holder to make available for a closed-door meeting the career lawyers > who brought the complaint, including Christopher Coates, the chief of > the Voting Section of the Civil Rights Division who signed off on it. > > Mr. Smith said the department's refusal to provide Congress with an > explanation for the dismissal "only further raises concerns that > political favoritism played a role in this case." He said voter > intimidation "threatens democracy," adding that violators "must be > prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law without political > considerations." > > Mr. Wolf said Mr. Holder is obligated to refile the case, adding that an > opinion he obtained from the Congressional Research Service found that > charges could legally be refiled without violating the double-jeopardy > clause of the U.S. Constitution. > > "In all fairness, he has a duty to protect those seeking to vote and I > remain deeply troubled by this questionable dismissal of an important > voter-intimidation case in Philadelphia," he said. "This stinks to high > heaven." > > In January, the Voting Section filed a civil complaint against the NBPP > in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia, claiming two of its members in > black berets, black combat boots, black shirts and black jackets with > military insignias intimidated voters with racial insults, slurs and a > nightstick. A third party member was accused of directing and endorsing > their behavior. > > The complaint said that unless that type of conduct was prohibited by > court sanctions, the NBPP would continue to intimidate, threaten and > coerce voters and potential voters "by again deploying uniformed and > armed members at the entrance to polling locations in future elections, > both in Philadelphia and throughout the country." > > The original incident was captured on videotape and gained national > attention after the video was distributed on YouTube. > > Justice Department spokeswoman Tracy Schmaler said the Smith-Wolf letter > was being reviewed. > > "As a general policy, we don't comment on ongoing OPR matters," she said. > > The Washington Times first reported the decision to dismiss the > complaint in May, later noting that Associate Attorney General Thomas J. > Perrelli, the department's No. 3 political appointee, approved it even > after the government had won judgments against the NBPP and its members. > > A Justice Department memo shows that the career lawyers who brought the > case had decided as early as December to seek a complaint against the > party; its chairman, Malik Zulu Shabazz, a lawyer and D.C. resident; > Minister King Samir Shabazz, head of the Philadelphia chapter who was > accused of wielding the nightstick; and Jerry Jackson, a Philadelphia > party member. > > Witnesses said Mr. Samir Shabazz and Mr. Jackson used racial slurs and > made threats as they stood outside the polling place door. > > [Get Copyright Permissions] Click here for reprint permissions! > <http://license.icopyright.net/3.7280?icx_id=/news/2009/nov/20/nixing-...> > Copyright 2009 The Washington Times, LLC > > icopy-w.gif > < 1KViewDownload
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