Civil rights panel postpones vote on New Black Panthers report after member walks out (Yaki)

WaPo ^ | October 29, 2010 | Jerry Markon

[jazusamo]

A federal commission had to postpone a vote on a report that criticizes the Justice Department's handling of a voter-intimidation lawsuit Friday after a Democratic panelist walked out of the meeting in protest.

The draft of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights report says that Justice tried to hide the extensive involvement of high-level political officials in the dismissal of the suit against members of the New Black Panther Party. The move, the report says, indicates that Justice's Civil Rights Division is failing to protect white voters and is "at war with its core mission of guaranteeing equal protection (under) the laws for all Americans.''

The Justice Department has strongly denied the allegations in the report, which follows the commission's year-long investigation into the Obama administration's handling of the 2008 incident. The Bush administration had filed the lawsuit against the New Black Panther Party members, but the Justice Department under the Obama administration dismissed most of the case.

The commission, which is controlled by a bloc of conservative and liberterian members, was scheduled to vote on the report Friday morning. But it could not reach a quorum because commissioner Michael Yaki, a Democratic appointee, refused to participate.

"This has been a procedural and partisan farce from the beginning,'' Yaki said in an impromptu news conference. "It's not my responsibility to make a quorum for this kangaroo court ... they want to score political points against the Obama Justice Department.''

[jazusamo]

Typical Dem thug action by Michael Yaki.

[Nachum]

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[FourPeas]

Political theatre. Democrats throwing yet another temper tantrum.

[Spok]

If the coverup fails, they’ll need a sacrificial lamb to throw under the bus. However it gets spun, the MSM will go along.

[rockrr]

"It's not my responsibility to make a quorum for this kangaroo court ... they want to score political points against the Obama Justice Department.''

...he said as his imbecilic tantrum scored points against the Øbongo Justice Department...;-)

[mojito]

What would you like to wager that Mr. Yaki had been contacted by both Eric Holder and the Mufti in Chief prior to this little demonstration?

[Robert A Cook PE]

But only when they are discovered as being crooks, frauds, racists, bigots, and homephiliacs ...

[jazusamo]

Political theatre. Democrats throwing yet another temper tantrum.

Exactly! This Yaki is a real piece of work.

[jazusamo]

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[DeFault User]

One member can scuttle the whole procedure?

Why do they bother to have meetings?

[JPG]

Yaki = Rat socialist. Pelosi stooge. SF nutcase.

[jazusamo]

Yep...This Yaki is a former District Director for Pelosi if that says anything. :)

[jazusamo]

Seven is a quorum so there was another member absent.

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

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[Deb]

Gee, how weird that the Commission is actually functioning to do the job it was created for and not their usual obsession with suing schools and colleges with Indian mascots.

[MrB]

FYI:

[Tijeras_Slim]

AZZHAT in question.

[jazusamo]

Thanks to you both.

[The Toll]

They are incapable of mentally grasping this. That’s the problem. CRACKERS can’t be discriminated against in their minds. EVER!!!

[FourPeas]

... which is pretty much all the time.