http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/blackpanthers/ en-us Sat, 2 Jan 2010 18:29:32 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419597/posts If you want to see why the perpetuation of race politics, identity politics, entitlements, etc. is ongoing, tune in to this panel discussing the Black Panthers and Fred Hampton. These whiners from the 'community organizing' sector, government and academia will give you a clue of what our children are being fed from this terrorist, Bernardine Dorhn, and the others. CSPAN2 ONLINE CSPAN2 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419597/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 18:29:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419230/posts Black is white, up is down, evil is good, and wrong is right . . . welcome to another day in Barack Obama’s America. Not only has Obama’s Justice Department dropped voter intimidation charges against the members of the New Black Panther Party who were blocking the entrance to a Philadelphia polling station on Election Day last year, but now the scrutiny which should have been placed on the Panthers or on Attorney General Eric Holder is instead shifting onto the Justice Department official who wanted to pursue the investigation in the first place. Veteran Civil Rights Division attorney Christopher... Americas Right http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419230/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 23:42:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417702/posts Christopher Coates, the man who approved the civil rights complaint against New Black Panther Party for its behavior at a Philadelphia polling place in the November 2008 election, has been removed from his post as chief of the Voting Section of the Justice Department. Reportedly he is being transferred to the U.S. attorney's office in South Carolina. BillLawrenceOnline.Com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417702/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:32:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417429/posts "The veteran Justice Department voting rights section chief who recommended going forward on a civil complaint against members of the New Black Panther Party after they disrupted a Pennsylvania polling place in last year's elections has been removed from his post and transferred to the U.S. attorney's office in South Carolina. The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417429/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:50:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416994/posts The veteran Justice Department voting rights section chief who recommended going forward on a civil complaint against members of the New Black Panther Party after they disrupted a Pennsylvania polling place in last year's elections has been removed from his post and transferred to the U.S. attorney's office in South Carolina. Justice Department officials confirmed Monday that Christopher Coates, who signed off on the complaint's filing in federal court in Philadelphia in January accusing the party and three of its members of civil rights violations, would begin his new assignment next month. Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416994/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:21:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416921/posts The veteran Justice Department voting rights section chief who recommended going forward on a civil complaint against members of the New Black Panther Party after they disrupted a Pennsylvania polling place in last year's elections has been removed from his post and transferred to the US attorney's office in South Carolina. Justice Department officials confirmed Monday that Christopher Coates, who signed off on the complaint's filing in federal court in Philadelphia in January accusing the party and three of its members of civil rights violations, would begin his new assignment next month. The complaint, which accused party members of intimidating... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416921/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:32:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2416362/posts Percy Sutton, long-time Borough President of Manhattan passed away this week at 89. Sutton is famous for being Malcolm X's lawyer and a powerful New York politician but he was also a member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, a radio pioneer, and a civil rights activist. There is one more little thing that Sutton is known for and that is for revealing that Dr. Khalid al-Mansour, a member of the Black Panthers and a well-known Islamist, was the benefactor that paid for Barack Obama's Harvard education. In October of 2008 Sutton appeared on NY1, a cable news channel in New... Publius Forum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2416362/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:30:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416027/posts Veteran Civil Rights Division attorney Christopher Coates is no longer chief of the Voting Section, according to the division’s Web site. There was no official announcement of the personnel change in the long-troubled section, which most recently has been embroiled in the controversy over the New Black Panther Party voter intimidation case. Main Justice noticed the change on the Voting Section Web site. Taking over for Coates in an acting role is Chris Herren, a deputy chief of the section, according to the Web site. Alejandro Miyar, a spokesman for the Civil Rights Division, wasn’t available for comment Sunday. Coates... MainJustice.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416027/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:42:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411823/posts The United States Civil Rights Commission, an eight-member agency that investigates accusations of discrimination, has launched a new offensive against a most unusual target: the Justice Department. The commission is investigating why the Justice Department dropped charges in May against three members of the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in a voter intimidation case that the government won. The Justice Department has defended its actions, saying it obtained an injunction against one member while dismissing charges against the others "based on a careful assessment of the facts and the law." But that explanation hasn't satisfied the commission or Republican... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411823/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:02:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411224/posts Rep. Frank Wolf, R.-Va., issued a public statement Thursday saying that President Obama’s Attorney General, Eric Holder, has instructed staff attorneys to ignore legal subpoenas by the U.S. Civil Rights Commission (CRC) requesting information about the New Black Panther Party voter intimidation case. This is in stark contrast to Mr. Obama’s pledge for transparency in government. “We understand that the attorney general has instructed his department to ignore ... The Bulletin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411224/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:37:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410254/posts A senior House Republican on Thursday introduced a "resolution of inquiry" that would require the House Judiciary Committee to seek answers on why the Justice Department dismissed a civil complaint against members of the New Black Panther Party who disrupted a Philadelphia polling place in last year's elections. Rep. Frank R. Wolf of Virginia also said he had language inserted in the Justice Department's annual spending bill requiring that its Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) provide to the House Appropriations Committee the results of OPR's investigation surrounding the dismissal of the case. Mr. Wolf, a senior member of the Appropriations... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410254/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:24:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409996/posts Rep. Frank Wolf turned up the heat on the Justice Department yesterday, introducing a Resolution of Inquiry that recounts the degree to which the Justice Department has stonewalled on efforts to find out why a serious case of voter intimidation was dismissed. Wolf wants the attorney general to hand over to the House all information relating to the dismissal of the case United States v. New Black Panther Party, the egregious voter-intimidation case that was captured on videotape. Wolf ’s resolution explains: "This case was inexplicably dismissed earlier this year — over the ardent objections of the career attorneys overseeing... Commentary http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409996/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:32:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408834/posts The Justice Department has told the federal attorneys who filed a civil complaint against the New Black Panther Party for disrupting a Philadelphia polling place last year not to cooperate with an investigation of the incident by the US Commission on Civil Rights. The commission last week subpoenaed at least two Justice Department lawyers and sought documents from the department to explain why the complaint was dismissed just as a federal judge was about to punish the New Black Panther Party and three of its members for intimidating voters. Joseph H. Hunt, director of the Justice Department's Federal Programs Branch,... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408834/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:32:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407143/posts The dispute between the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and the Justice Department is starting to look like the legal equivalent of World War II's Anzio campaign, which represented a major escalation late in the war. The battleground is the controversy about the department's decision to drop voter-intimidation cases against members of the New Black Panther Party. The commission is mounting a massive legal assault; Justice is refusing to be budged; and the casualties could be high. The shame of it is that the department itself would be well-served if it would merely cooperate. That's what it would do if... WASHINGTON TIMES http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407143/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:43:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405597/posts The heat is rising against the Justice Department's mishandling of the voter intimidation case against the New Black Panther Party and three of its members. The last thing Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. needed was for the party's national chieftain to resurface in Mr. Holder's defense, but that's exactly what Malik Zulu Shabazz, the party chairman, did on Dec. 4. It says a lot about the Obama Justice Department that it is being promoted by a Black Panther. In doing so, Mr. Shabazz refocused the spotlight on the fact that he was one of the original defendants for whom... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405597/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:04:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405029/posts The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, frustrated by the Justice Department's failure to explain the dismissal of charges against New Black Panther Party members who disrupted a Philadelphia polling place during last year's elections, has subpoenaed the department demanding records showing how the case was handled... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405029/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:02:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403571/posts According to allies of President Obama, all opposition to Obama's policies is driven by racism. "We think all of it is!" shouts Gwen Dawkins, a Democratic "activist" from Michigan. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) explains that "As far as African-Americans are concerned, we think most of it is." Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.) agrees, stating that "There's a very angry, small group of folks that just didn't like the fact that Barack Obama won the presidency. With some, I think it is [about race]." As Jimmy Carter famously stated, "I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403571/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 11:33:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403824/posts The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, frustrated by the Justice Department's failure to explain the dismissal of charges against New Black Panther Party members who disrupted a Philadelphia polling place during last year's elections, has subpoenaed the department demanding records showing how the case was handled. David P. Blackwood, the commission's general counsel, said Tuesday in a letter to the Justice Department that efforts since June to obtain an explanation had proceeded "without any success" and the "dearth of cooperation" had prompted the commission to issue subpoenas. "We are both mindful of the sensitivity of the subject matter involved and... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403824/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 17:24:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403559/posts The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, frustrated by the Justice Department's failure to explain the dismissal of charges against New Black Panther Party members who disrupted a Philadelphia polling place during last year's elections, has subpoenaed the department demanding records showing how the case was handled. David P. Blackwood, the commission's general counsel, said Tuesday in a letter to the Justice Department that efforts since June to obtain an explanation had proceeded "without any success" and the "dearth of cooperation" had prompted the commission to issue subpoenas. "We are both mindful of the sensitivity of the subject matter involved and... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403559/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 10:52:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402702/posts The Washington Times suggests in an editorial that the fallout from the Department's refusal to proceed with the New Black Panther party's criminal prosecution for voter intimidation is causing an implosion in the Holder Department of Justice. DOJ has already lost three top officials ; Gregory Craig,Cassandra Butts, and now David Ogden: "[T]he Justice Department has, for now, ordered two key career attorneys not to comply with a subpoena about the case issued by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. The commission, by law, has explicit power to issue subpoenas, and the law mandates that 'all federal agencies shall cooperate... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402702/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 11:46:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2402444/posts ...election day 2008... members of the New Black Panther Party in black berets, black combat boots, black shirts and black jackets intimidated Caucasian voters with racial insults, slurs and a nightstick. Another party member was accused of managing, directing and endorsing their behavior. In January, the Justice Dept filed a civil complaint against the New Black Panther Party. When the court date arrived In April, a federal judge had ordered default judgments against the Panthers after they refused to respond to the charges or appear in court, basically a guaranteed win. The Justice Department was in the final stages of... Washington Times/ The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2402444/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 00:36:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400426/posts DALLAS (AP) - The U.S. Justice Department made the right call in dismissing a voter intimidation lawsuit against the New Black Panther Party and recent questions about that ruling are a "political witch hunt" to discredit Attorney General Eric Holder, the party's leader said this week. Malik Zulu Shabazz, national chairman of the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, told The Associated Press the civil lawsuit filed by the federal government had "no merit" because the party doesn't condone voter intimidation. Shabazz said he was speaking publicly about the issue for the first time because he wanted to set the... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400426/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 19:51:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399140/posts When the Bush administration ran the Civil Rights Division at the Justice Department, career lawyers wanted to look into accusations that officials in one state had illegally intimidated blacks during a voter-fraud investigation. But division supervisors refused to “approve further contact with state authorities on this matter,” according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office auditing the activities of the division from 2001 to 2007. Congress is set to release that report, which did not identify the state in question, on Thursday as the House of Representatives takes up its first oversight hearing of the Civil Rights Division... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399140/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 11:04:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396625/posts Malik Zulu Shabazz, national chairman of the radical New Black Panther Party, refused to confirm or deny to WND whether he visited the White House since President Obama took office, despite his name appearing on a recent administration disclosure. Shabazz's namesake was among the 110 names and 481 visits released by the White House on Friday as part of the Obama administration's so-called volunteer disclosure policy. The names were just a fraction of the hundreds of thousands of visitors who have gone through the White House's doors since January. Among the famous names that stood out on the brief list... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396625/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:39:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395733/posts ...As reported, in part, at the NY Times: “WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has concluded that the Obama administration can lawfully pay the community group Acorn for services provided under contracts signed before Congress enacted a law banning the government from providing funds to the group. “The department’s conclusion, laid out in a recently disclosed five-page memorandum from David Barron, the acting assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel, adds a new wrinkle to a sharp political debate over the antipoverty group’s activities and recent efforts to distance the government from it. “Mr. Barron said he had based... CFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395733/posts#comment Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:54:26 GMT