[mojito]

Hmmmmm...interesting. The Commission unveils its findings next week....just in time for the election. The timing couldn't be better.

[Niuhuru]

At this point, I wish we could import the Chinese police to deal with this filth.

[cripplecreek]

I’m not sure I trust the commission at this point.

[Spok]

A little off topic (but not really): how many Freepers write a comment then think “Uhhh, no, I don’t want to put that in writing”. I just did. Am I the only one here who wonders if there’s a file somewhere with my screen name written on it? Has there ever been a thread on this subject? Should I not be putting this in writing?

[workerbee]

Typical WaPo -- it's really all about Bush & the evil white man. Almost every paragraph pits "good" and "evil". To wit:

The clash between the black nationalist and the white lawyer has mushroomed into a fierce debate over the government's enforcement of civil rights laws,

Two months after Election Day, Adams and his supervisors in the George W. Bush administration filed a voter-intimidation lawsuit against Heath and his colleagues, even though no voters had complained.

This one is especially insidious: the case tapped into deep divisions within the Justice Department that persist today over whether the agency should focus on protecting historically oppressed minorities or enforce laws without regard to race.

The dispute over the Panthers, and the Justice Department's handling of it, was politicized from the start, documents and interviews show. On Election Day, the issue was driven by Republican poll watchers and officials and a conservative Web site.

The Post clearly wants their readers to walk away with the idea that this is all just "typical white people" worried about the browning of our nation. Still, one wonders how many their readers were even aware of this incident before today.

[jazusamo]

"Everyone in the room understood exactly what she meant," Coates said. "No more cases like the Ike Brown or New Black Panther Party cases."

snip

Fernandes declined to comment through a department spokeswoman.

snip

Justice Department officials say they treat everyone equally.

Doesn't look like Julie Fernandes says DOJ treats everyone equally and she's a DOJ official.

Her saying that has been corroborated by at least one other (Christian Adams).

Surprised this story came out in WaPo, they and most of the enemedia have ignored it. Really happy to see it come out now, maybe the story will be picked up by others that have ignored it.

Thanks for posting!

[Tribune7]

NBPP ping

[upchuck]

Wa Po editor to Markon, Thompson, Shackleford and Tate:

We’ve ignored this about as long as we can. We need something in print before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights releases it’s report next week. It needs to appear we’ve been out front on this all along.

Give me 2500 words, but don’t draw any conclusions. As usual, feel free to slam conservatives.

[TalBlack]

“There are armed men in front of a polling place, and I need to find out if they violated the law, because in my mind there’s a good chance that they did.”

I guess if they’d been white he’d have been more certain.

[research99]

It's helpful to read the links here (other links require registration).

"Jackson, 54, and Heath, 39, have criminal histories that between them include convictions for drug possession, robbery and simple assault, according to court records."

"Simple" Assault?

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks mojito.

[KC_Conspirator]

There are outright rascists at the DoJ; basing prosecution on skin color.

[SkyPilot]

This article is a disgrace for many reasons, not the least of which is the incredible biased and unprofessional "reporting" of Krissha Thompson.

This YouTube video shows what has been described as harassment of voters by members of the New Black Panther Party at a Philadelphia polling place on election day 2008.

Has "been described as harassment!?"

A brief look at the rest of the piece, and then an in-depth examination of the body of Krissah Thompson's published articles shows someone who is a black racist herself.

She isn't qualified to write soup labels, much less newspaper articles. Her writing is so blatantly behind the liberal "black agenda" that she herself should be the Black Panther's publicist.

Look at her Twitter Page.

Chat about New Black Panthers case is live until 4PM! # http://live.washingtonpost.com/black-panther-party-10-22-10.html 12:38 PM Oct 22nd via web

.WashPost looks @ dispute over controversial New Black Panthers case http://t.co/9xHEWCy via @washingtonpost 11:46 AM Oct 22nd via Tweet Button

.NAACP backs report that ties racist groups to tea party http://t.co/aNbbDlT via @washingtonpost 3:45 PM Oct 20th via Tweet Button

.The big deal on my beat today: Native American farmers settle with USDA for $760 million http://t.co/LStBO4k via @washingtonpost 2:47 PM Oct 19th via Tweet Button

.Black voters may be JUST as engaged as they were in 2008, polls show http://t.co/15RSRsF via @washingtonpost 7:41 AM Oct 15th via Tweet Button

.Will Arizona's immigration law motivate Latino voters? http://t.co/rj7st4K via @washingtonpost 3:08 PM Oct 6th via Tweet Button .One Nation rally energizing liberals: http://wapo.st/93l6gv 11:06 AM Oct 1st via Washington Post Network News