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Travesty Of The Justice Department
Townhall.com ^ | September 27, 2010 | Investors Business Daily staff

Posted on 09/27/2010 6:47:34 PM PDT by Kaslin

Justice: Those who thought hope and change meant equal enforcement of the law were wrong. A top DOJ official testifies about a deliberate policy of not prosecuting minorities or protecting the rights of anybody else.

So much for post-racial justice. First, documents were unearthed showing the Department of Justice lied when it insisted that dropping the New Black Panther Party voter-intimidation case was a decision made by career attorneys, not by political appointees trying to avoid offending a key administration constituency.

Now we have the explosive testimony last Friday of Christopher Coates, former voting chief of the Civil Rights Division, before the U.S. Civil Rights Commission.

Coates said the Panther decision was "the result of their deep-seated opposition to the equal enforcement of the Voting Rights Act against racial minorities and for the protection of white voters who have been discriminated against."

Coates' testimony supported earlier accusations made by J. Christian Adams, formerly one of those career lawyers in the Voting Section.

Adams had told the commission that DOJ officials "over and over and over" showed "hostility" to prosecution of voter-intimidation cases involving "black defendants and white victims."

(Excerpt) Read more at investors.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Government
KEYWORDS: agenda; blackpanther; blackpanthergate; blackpantherparty; blackpanthers; doj; ericholder; newblackpanthers; obama; racism

1 posted on 09/27/2010 6:47:36 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Be careful “voting while white”


2 posted on 09/27/2010 6:56:34 PM PDT by Josa
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To: Kaslin

Why is it that the news of the nation and the news of South Africa are coming to resemble each other?


3 posted on 09/27/2010 6:57:23 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: Kaslin

I don’t see how DOJ can ignore this, but I suspect that is exactly what will happen, at least for the short term. Granted, the Republicans will be all over this if/when they get a majority in either or both houses and can start some serious Congressional investigations, but as long as Eric Holder is AG and has the complete support of Premier Hussein, they can stonewall this until well after Hussein leaves office.

My worst fear is that this will just fade away.


4 posted on 09/27/2010 6:59:59 PM PDT by Bean Counter (Now what kind of a geroo are you anyway?)
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To: Bean Counter
If it doesn't just fade away, Obama can give pardons to anyone with legal liability...and get about as much media attention as his firing of Walpin got.

At least Brit Hume talked about this tonight on "Special Report."

5 posted on 09/27/2010 7:25:41 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

geez....I hadn’t even got as far as considering (P)residential pardons, but you’re right, and that will change the game again.

We should start a pool to guess how many pardons Hussein hands out before he vacates the premises...


6 posted on 09/27/2010 8:00:45 PM PDT by Bean Counter (Now what kind of a geroo are you anyway?)
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To: Kaslin

Panthergate


7 posted on 09/28/2010 3:45:03 AM PDT by The Wizard (Madam President is my President now and in the future)
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To: Nachum; markomalley; Carlucci; grey_whiskers; meyer; WL-law; Para-Ord.45; 70th Division; ...

Ping


8 posted on 09/28/2010 7:20:57 AM PDT by raptor22 (The truth will set us free)
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To: Kaslin

That`s it.

The DOJ doesn`t move on major policy decisions without it coming from the Boss in the White House.

Impeachable Offenses


9 posted on 09/28/2010 10:03:41 AM PDT by Para-Ord.45
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