http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/blackpanthers/ en-us Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:57:48 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281307/posts Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) is waiting for an answer to his June 8 letter to Attorney General Holder. And he may wait a good while longer because the Justice Department doesn’t want to explain its decision to dismiss its civil case -- the worst case of voter intimidation in many years -- and not pursue a criminal indictment. Wolf’s letter -- a copy of which appears below (click on the image for a larger version) -- asks why the Justice Department dismissed a default judgment and dropped the case against the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, which Wolf’s letter... humanevents.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281307/posts#comment Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:57:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276640/posts The e-mail should be sent to Attorney General Eric Holder at AskDOJ@usdoj.gov and sent to your senators and federal representative. See here and here for contact information. http://www.senate.gov/ http://www.house.gov/ Subject: DOJ’s civil rights outrage! Body: Dear Secretary Holder: I was appalled to find out that the Department of Justice dismissed judgments of voter intimidation against Malik Shabazz, Samir Shabazz, and Jerry Jackson, all members of the New Black Panther Party. According to the testimony of Bartle Bull, a long-time liberal Democratic activist and civil rights lawyer, Samir Shabazz and Jackson, who were stationed outside a Philadelphia polling place during the... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276640/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:53:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274354/posts As was commented upon here at CONTENTIONS, and widely reported and remarked upon elsewhere, the Obama Justice Department took the unusual action last month of dismissing a default judgment against the New Black Panther Party in connection with a case of voter intimidation on Election Day on November 4, 2008. Members of the NBPP were caught on film blocking access to the polls and physically and verbally intimidating voters, even going so far as to wield a nightstick in front of voters and poll watchers. The Justice Department’s lawyers gathered evidence, obtained the affidavit of former civil rights advocate Bartle... Contentions http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274354/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:38:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267877/posts When Eric Holder became U.S. attorney general, he promised to administer the law in an objective, nonpolitical manner. So it's disappointing that the Justice Department had spent the last several months misinterpreting key voting rights laws for nakedly political reasons. Exhibit A: Justice's inexplicable dismissal of a civil lawsuit for voter intimidation against the New Black Panther Party. The Black Panthers weren't content to endorse Barack Obama. They sent their members to the polls last November to "patrol election sites." Fox News aired a video of two Black Panthers in military-style uniforms in a Philadelphia precinct. One of them was... wall st journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267877/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 12:14:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267053/posts Just having the appearance of someone who might possibly vote for an opponent of Barack Obama could land them on the President's enemies list where proxies do the dirty work. Political appointees in the Justice Department killed a six-month investigation by career DOJ lawyers into the most blatant voter intimidation case in 40 years. Last November, jack-booted, uniformed, baton-wielding thugs from the New Black Panther Party calling themselves "security" obstructed a Philadelphia polling location and behaved in an intimidating manner toward white voters. Days after dismissing charges against the menacing thugs, the Justice Department moved in the opposite direction by... The American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267053/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2009 11:37:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264631/posts Never a dull moment with the Justice Department of Eric Holder, aka "the right man at the right time to protect our citizens in the critical years ahead." In fact, it would be more accurate to say he's the right man at the right time to protect our non-citizens in the critical years ahead. Unbelievably (or, perhaps, entirely too believably), Holder has told Georgia that it may no longer verify identification in order to ensure that voting is done only by citizens eligible to vote. The AP reports: ATLANTA — The Justice Department has rejected Georgia's system of using Social... National Review--Corner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264631/posts#comment Thu, 4 Jun 2009 14:54:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262650/posts The Bush administration was constantly criticized for allegedly “politicizing” various Cabinet departments by overriding the actions and decisions of “career” employees for what Bush’s critics saw as purely “political” reasons. Bush’s most egregious outrages supposedly occurred at the Justice Department, where — Democratic critics charged — the president’s political appointees ran roughshod over the professional career lawyers toiling there, fired or isolated anyone who dared disagree with his perverted view of justice, and thus undermined both the morale and the credibility of American justice. Attorney General John Ashcroft was characterized as a know-nothing with little regard for the Constitution, and... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262650/posts#comment Tue, 2 Jun 2009 03:35:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262044/posts Washington, DC - In light of a Washington Times report today that political appointees at the U.S. Department of Justice forced career prosecutors to drop and/or reduce charges against men observed intimidating Philadelphia voters last election day, Project 21 Chairman Mychal Massie is calling for the appointment of a special counsel to investigate this alleged obstruction of the Voting Rights Act by the Obama Administration. The National Center For Public Policy Research http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262044/posts#comment Mon, 1 Jun 2009 12:18:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260999/posts Charges brought against three members of the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense under the Bush administration have been dropped by the Obama Justice Department, FOX News has learned. The charges stemmed from an incident at a Philadelphia polling place on Election Day 2008 when three members of the party were accused of trying to threaten voters and block poll and campaign workers by the threat of force -- one even brandishing what prosecutors call a deadly weapon. The three black panthers, Minister King Samir Shabazz, Malik Zulu Shabazz and Jerry Jackson were charged in a civil complaint in the... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260999/posts#comment Sat, 30 May 2009 02:27:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260732/posts Sources told The Bulletin that there is internal dissension in the Department of Justice (DOJ) about a voter intimidation case from last year’s presidential election. Obama appointees did not want to proceed with the case, while the career prosecutors did. The incident occurred in Philadelphia and involved the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (NBPPSD). The DOJ filed a lawsuit under the Voting Rights Act against the NBPPSD and three of its members alleging the defendants intimidated Philadelphia voters during the Nov. 4, 2008 general election. The action was filed in January before President George W. Bush left office. The... The Bulletin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260732/posts#comment Fri, 29 May 2009 18:43:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2260634/posts I called Bobby Rush's (D-IL) office in Washington to express my opinion of HR 45, Rush's sweeping gun control legislation. I told his staffer politely that I understood why Bobby Rush, a convicted criminal (illegal gun possession) who lost his own right to possess firearms, might resent their possession by law-abiding people. The staffer hung up on me without even saying goodbye, and before I could tell him that law-abiding Americans are not interested in a common criminal's opinion as to whether they should be allowed to own firearms. This suggests that common criminal Bobby Rush, a former member of... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2260634/posts#comment Fri, 29 May 2009 16:25:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260565/posts Justice Department political appointees overruled career lawyers and ended a civil complaint accusing three members of the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense of wielding a nightstick and intimidating voters at a Philadelphia polling place last Election Day, according to documents and interviews. The incident - which gained national attention when it was captured on videotape and distributed on YouTube - had prompted the government to sue the men, saying they violated the 1965 Voting Rights Act by scaring would-be voters with the weapon, racial slurs and military-style uniforms. Career lawyers pursued the case for months, including obtaining an affidavit... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260565/posts#comment Fri, 29 May 2009 15:12:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260494/posts Last week, I called the Justice Department to inquire about an unusual decision they made to dismiss default judgements in a voter intimidation lawsuit the government filed under the Bush administration against the New Black Panther Party. You remember the case of the menacing NBPP thugs who threatened voters at a Philly precinct. I blogged about it many times since the fall. The Bush DOJ filed suit against Malik Shabazz and two of the local NBPP radicals who were on site — one with a billy club. None of them filed an answer to the lawsuit, putting them all into... Michelle Malkin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260494/posts#comment Fri, 29 May 2009 13:49:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260417/posts Facefwd.com <> The charges stemmed from an incident at a Philadelphia polling place on Election Day when three members of the party were accused of trying to threaten voters and block poll and campaign workers by the threat of force - one even brandishing what prosecutors call a deadly weapon. The three black panthers, Minister King Samir Shabazz, Malik Zulu Shabazz and Jerry Jackson were charged in a civil complaint in the last days of the Bush administration with violating the voter rights act by using coercion, threats and intimidation. Shabazz allegedly held a nightstick or baton that prosecutors said... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260417/posts#comment Fri, 29 May 2009 11:59:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260363/posts Imagine if Ku Klux Klan members had stood menacingly in military uniforms, with nightsticks, in front of a polling place. Add to it that they had hurled racial threats and insults at voters who tried to enter. Now suppose that the government, backed by a nationally televised video of the event, had won a court case against the Klansmen except for the perfunctory filing of a single, simple document - but that an incoming Republican administration had moved to voluntarily dismiss the already-won case. Surely that would have been front-page news, with a number of firings at the Justice Department.... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260363/posts#comment Fri, 29 May 2009 07:03:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260015/posts This is amazing, but not surprising. Back in November we reported about voter intimidation at a local polling place by Black Panthers in Philadelphia. While Bush was still in office the Civil Rights Division of DOJ filed a complaint against the Malik Shabazz and two of the local NBPP radicals for violating Section 11(b) of the Voting Rights Act, which prohibits any “attempt to intimidate, threaten, or coerce” any voter and those aiding voters. Of the three, the DOJ chose to only admonish one member who carried and waived a club by giving him a slap on the wrist and... Fort Wayne News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260015/posts#comment Thu, 28 May 2009 19:04:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259437/posts This past Presidential Election, uniformed, baton swinging thugs were caught on video intimidating voters at a polling place in Philadelphia while hurling racial threats and insults at both black and white voters (see here, here). After investigating the incident, and before the change in Administrations, the Civil Rights Division of DOJ filed a complaint against the New Black Panther Party and several of its members for violations of Section 11(b) of the Voting Rights Act. That Section prohibits any “attempt to intimidate, threaten, or coerce” any voter and those aiding voters. Neither the New Black Panther Party nor its members... thenextright http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259437/posts#comment Thu, 28 May 2009 00:17:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2248724/posts Lumberton stands up to hate group Strong support for local police in face of Quanell X protest Jerry Jordan News Editor Several hundred Lumberton residents and others from throughout Southeast Texas came to show their support for the Lumberton Police Department this past week as Quanell Ralph Evans (Quanell X), leader of the separatist hate group the New Black Panther Party, descended on the tight-knit community to protest the recent death of Kevin Jibrell Laday. According to Lumberton Police Chief Danny Sullins, Laday crashed his car into a ditch on Pine Burr Road at about 3 a.m. on Thursday, April... The Examiner - The Independent Voice of Southeast Texas http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2248724/posts#comment Mon, 11 May 2009 19:55:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235203/posts Yes, annoyed his hometown newspaper is about to be shuttered by the NYT, Sen. John Kerry wants to rescue the mainstream press. Capitol Hill hearings a-'coming. Jennifer Harper http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235203/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:59:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2228892/posts Key members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) who visited Cuba called their meeting with dictator Fidel Castro “exhilarating,” “very informative,” and “the opportunity of a lifetime.” CBC Chairwoman Barbara Lee (D-Calif) praised Castro as “an extraordinarily warm person. He rose to greet me, kissed my hand and offered me the very chair he had been sitting in when we first entered the room. This is not the behavior of a mass murderer. Clearly Castro has been maligned by his right-wing critics.” Representative Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) compared his conversation with Castro to “talking with an old friend. The story of... A Semi-News/Semi-Satire from AzConservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2228892/posts#comment Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:57:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2212748/posts Bobby Rush, a former member of an organization known for killing police officers, doesn't want honest people to own gunsWe have written here frequently about the importance of the Second Amendment in the defense of the United States against militant "Muslims" and other terrorists. Although militant "Muslims" feel free to perpetrate rampant violence and gang rape in Europe, these practices are far less frequent here because of the widespread private ownership of firearms. Representative Bobby Rush (D-IL), a former Black Panther and a convicted felon whose illegal possession of firearms lost him his own right to own firearms, has proposed... IsraPundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2212748/posts#comment Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:10:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2203756/posts 2009, the year of Radical Chic in full bloom, and Beyonce joins the movement, as she channels the Black Panther-Civil Rights-American Communist icon Angela Davis for Ebony’s April 2009 issue. Feel the righteous power of Beyonce, y’all… The Fashion Time Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2203756/posts#comment Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:31:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2202162/posts On December 5, 1969 police raided the apartment of Black Panther leader Bobby Rush. They found a handgun, ammunition for various weapons, marijuana, an IED explosives manual, and communist literature including Che Guevara and Mao Tse-Tung. Bobby Rush served six months in prison for illegal possession of firearms. On January 6, 2009 Congressman Bobby Rush (Democrat, Illinois) introduced H.R.45, the Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009. This bill, if signed into law would require all owners of hand guns and semiautomatic firearms to register for a federal firearms license. All sales of the subject firearms... YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2202162/posts#comment Mon, 9 Mar 2009 00:39:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2196693/posts It's been over a month since Greenwich Village baker Ted Kefalinos sparked outrage over his so-called "Drunken Negro Face" cookies, and the controversy will still not go away, despite his fumbling attempts to apologize. The New Black Panthers have been protesting on Saturdays outside his bakery, and the Secret Service paid him a visit because of his alleged remarks that "Obama will get he deserves, just like Lincoln." In a Villager article that can only be described as pure gold, Kefalinos says, "I get both sides. I get people who praise me and call me genius. I even got one... Gothamist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2196693/posts#comment Sun, 1 Mar 2009 15:59:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2174833/posts DURHAM – After the inauguration of the first black president, America is now on the precipice of changes that were never before possible, 1960s radical turned academic Angela Davis told a crowd of hundreds at the University of New Hampshire last night. The vestiges of slavery, colonization and exploitation remain rife throughout America, as is evidenced by the over-representation of minorities in prison, Davis said. The prison population, now estimated to be one in 100 adult Americans, only contributes to the oppression of minorities, she said. It is a pattern seen across the country, even in New Hampshire, Davis said.... The Union Leader http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2174833/posts#comment Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:53:06 GMT