Justice Dept. official to testify on Panthers case
By Jerry Seper
Excerpt:
The Justice Department section chief who recommended going forward on a civil complaint against members of the New Black Panther Party, and then was removed from his post and transferred to South Carolina, will testify on the case Friday before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Commission officials confirmed Wednesday that Christopher Coates, who signed off on the federal-court complaint saying three party members had disrupted a Philadelphia polling place in the 2008 elections, had agreed in a hand-delivered letter to testify when the panel reconvenes its hearing on the case.
In the letter, Mr. Coates said he wanted to attend the meeting "to present testimony to comply with the outstanding subpoena served on me as part of your statutory investigation."
In December, the Justice Department had told the attorneys who filed the complaint not to cooperate in the commission's investigation. Joseph H. Hunt, director of the Justice Department's Federal Programs Branch, had ordered the lawyers' silence, saying there were "well-established" and "lawful" department guidelines prohibiting them from cooperating with the commission.
well it happened - and coates pulled no punches named names and gaves details of blatantly giving orders to NOT follow the law - if poeple don’t get fired or go to jail over this...
well it happened - and coates pulled no punches named names and gaves details of blatantly giving orders to NOT follow the law - if poeple don’t get fired or go to jail over this...
well it happened - and coates pulled no punches named names and gaves details of blatantly giving orders to NOT follow the law - if poeple don’t get fired or go to jail over this...