Posted on 10/27/2010 3:07:30 PM PDT by jazusamo
Complete title: Top DOJ Official Describes Recent Controversy As "He Said, She Said," Insists Actions Speak Louder Than Words
The head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division on Wednesday strongly disputed accusations by a department colleague that the Obama administration avoids prosecuting minorities in civil rights cases, saying it all amounts to a "'he said, she said' thing" and that he "tends to judge people by their actions," not their words.
It's the first time Assistant Attorney General Tom Perez has weighed in since Justice Department lawyer Christopher Coates accused Perez's office of being "hostile" toward "race-neutral enforcement" of voting rights laws.
For more than a year, Republicans have been questioning why the Obama administration reversed course on a federal lawsuit against two members of the New Black Panther Party, who some say intimidated Pennsylvania voters on Election Day 2008. The issue came to a head in late September when Coates, who was heavily involved in the initial filing of the case, defied the Justice Department and testified before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, whose conservative majority has led a lengthy and often contentious investigation into the matter.
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House Republicans, meanwhile, have promised to launch their own investigations into the matter should they take control of Congress after next week's mid-term elections.
(Excerpt) Read more at politics.blogs.foxnews.com ...
If he sez with a billy club and threatening actions is it still juat a matter of opinion? When it is not simply a matter of opinion?
Yep, no matter how this turkey tries to spin it that video exists of a Black Panther with a billy club. Also, there were many many DOJ lawyers who heard Julie Fernandes say they were only following up on cases of civil rights abuses against minorities.
I believe Perez will be resigning along with Holder before the investigations start.
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If your cause is Just, why abrogate your oaths? You’re not the DOJ, Department of Justice. You’re the Dajj (pronounced ‘dodge.’) Deputation of Jackbooted ‘Jaffa.’ (from “Stargate”)
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