Posted on 10/28/2010 2:28:50 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Jackson Lee wants DOJ to monitor tea partiers at polls
By: Simmi Aujla October 28, 2010 04:21 PM EDT
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) is asking the Department of Justice to investigate whether tea party groups are intimidating black and Hispanic voters in her district.
Jackson Lee has asked Attorney General Eric Holder to send poll monitors to her district on Nov. 2 to make sure the King Street Patriots, a local conservative voter turnout and tea party group, aren’t stopping people from voting.
“Many of these incidents of voter intimidation have been occurring in predominately minority neighborhoods and have been directed at African-Americans and Latinos,” she said in the letter. “It is unconscionable to think that anyone would deliberately employ the use of such forceful and intimidating tactics in 2010 to undermine the fundamental, constitutional right to vote.”
“I urge you to order an immediate investigation into these incidents, and call for the Department of Justice to send poll monitors to Harris County immediately to ensure a safe and neutral voting environment during the Nov. 2 election,” Jackson Lee wrote.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
.....It should be the other way around, tea partiers MONITORING the voting polls to make sure NO SHANIGIANS go on!
Nahhh...so typical.
The DOJ will do what she says.
How would they know if someone has participated in a “tea party”...by profiling?
Representative-elect’s son arrested in tire slashings - Milwaukee, WI
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ^
Posted on Saturday, November 06, 2004 11:09:42 AM by valerino
Representative-elect’s son arrested in tire slashings By JOHN DIEDRICH jdiedrich@journalsentinel.com
The 25-year-old son of newly elected congresswoman Gwen Moore was arrested Friday by Milwaukee police and later released in connection with the election day slashing of tires on 20 vans and cars rented by the Republican Party, according to police records.
Sowande Ajumoke Omokunde, also known as Supreme Solar Allah, arrived at the Milwaukee police administration building Friday morning with his attorney, was arrested at 9 a.m. and held in the police holding facility for several hours before being released, according to records.
Omokunde is one of three suspects who had been arrested as of late Friday.
Opel E. Simmons III, 33, a veteran Democratic Party activist from Virginia, was arrested Tuesday and released Thursday without being charged. A 24-year-old man was arrested Friday afternoon in the same case, a police source said.
Investigators want to talk to Michael Pratt, son of former acting Mayor Marvin Pratt, who led Sen. John Kerry’s Milwaukee campaign, but have not summoned him yet, police sources said. Michael Pratt could not be reached for comment.
David Feiss, the Milwaukee County assistant district attorney who is handling the case, said he had not received any reports yet and the investigation is continuing.
“There are a number of individuals, local and not local, who we are attempting to contact,” Feiss said.
He said several of the suspects have hired attorneys. After talking to suspects, police will release them, he said. If there are charges, Feiss said, their attorneys will be contacted to arrange for them to come to court.
Omokunde, who lives with Moore, a Democrat elected to Congress on Tuesday, was not available for comment, according to a man who answered the phone at Moore’s home.
Omokunde’s attorney, Robin Shellow, said he was booked by police and released, but declined to comment further.
Shellow said she called police to arrange for Omokunde to come in.
“If the police are looking for one’s client, you pick up the phone and say (to police), ‘What would you like us to do, and how could we make your job easier?’ . . . That’s the way responsible families handle it.”
On Tuesday morning, 27 tires on 20 cars and vans rented by the Republican Party to carry voters to the polls were slashed. The vehicles were parked in the 7100 block of W. Capitol Drive.
A security guard reported seeing a man running from the scene that morning, police said. Tuesday night, police arrested Simmons, who was in town drumming up support for the Kerry campaign.
If they can elect her in that district, then they must be real bozos.
I’d be afraid of Tweetie Pie and Sylvester intimidating those pinheads.
From all accounts of the last few elections, it seems as if the Dem “voter” should be monitored very, very, very closely including the poll workers and the guys who deliver the ballots. They seem to always find a truck, car, trunk full of votes when they need them.
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Wouldn’t US Commission on Civil Rights be the appropriate folk to talk to?
http://www.usccr.gov/index.html
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is an independent, bipartisan agency established by Congress in 1957. It is directed to:
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Investigate complaints alleging that citizens are being deprived of their right to vote by reason of their race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin, or by reason of fraudulent practices.
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Study and collect information relating to discrimination or a denial of equal protection of the laws under the Constitution because of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin, or in the administration of justice.
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Appraise federal laws and policies with respect to discrimination or denial of equal protection of the laws because of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin, or in the administration of justice.
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Serve as a national clearinghouse for information in respect to discrimination or denial of equal protection of the laws because of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin.
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Submit reports, findings, and recommendations to the President and Congress.
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Issue public service announcements to discourage discrimination or denial of equal protection of the laws.
Queen Sheila alert
How come black guys get to stand out front with uniforms and night sticks?
Just what we need a person from the most corrupt race on the face of the earth trying to dictat policy, Hey clean up your own act!
they are afraid of intimidating some voters because they are highly conflict avoidant?
Typical liberal- always accusing the other side of doing what they are actually doing. They think everyone is as dishonest as they are.
You can always tell what the democrats are doing by what they are accusing the opposition of doing.
The hats are a giveaway.
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