Posted on 09/24/2010 12:33:31 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The political fight over a 2008 voter intimidation case ratcheted up Friday as a Justice Department official testified before the federal civil rights commission that there were "irrational reasons" for "gutting" a case filed against a group of African Americans who allegedly discriminated against white voters.
Former voting section chief Christopher Coates, who was transferred to the U.S. attorney's office in South Carolina in the midst of a controversy over the New Black Panther Party voter intimidation case, testified Friday morning before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Coates, who said he was testifying before the commission as a whistle blower and in violation of his Justice supervisor's instructions, said that there is a "hostile atmosphere" in the civil rights division that did not "reflect race neutral policies." He said the country's major civil rights organizations are also biased against race-neutral enforcement.
Coates also argued that there was evidence for broader prosecution of the New Black Panther case. "We had eyewitness testimony. We had videotape. One of them had a weapon. They were hurling racial slurs," said Coates, who originally brought the Panther case. "I've never been able to understand how anyone could accuse us of not having a basis of law in this case."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Remember this:
Man Arrested For Holding “Impeach Obama” Sign
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2582563/posts
video:
http://www.activistpost.com/2010/08/man-arrested-for-holding-impeach-obama.html
Impeachment.
are those spears?
Media bias observations: note neutral title of WaPo article (ho hum - hears testimony)
Try even finding it anywhere on CNN website (if you run a search for Coates you will get a “will testify” article, but nothing else, and no headline anywhere.)
Very interesting testimony that went well beyond the black pamper case and all the way back to the Clinton administration.
are those spears?
legs to a folding chair
bttt
The WaPo somehow FORGETS that judgments had ALREADY been entered against two of these charming Black Panther “poll watchers” and that Holders DOJ decided to DROP those judgments!!!! UNHEARD OF!!!!! But of course, RACE had NOTHING to do with it!!!
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