Report clears Justice Department in Black Panther case. [Coverup?]

Washington Post ^

[sunmars]

The Justice Department’s Office of Personnel Responsibility (OPR) has concluded an investigation finding that politics played no role in the handling of the New Black Panther Party case, which sparked a racially charged political fight.

After reviewing thousands of pages of internal e-mails and notes and conducting 44 interviews with department staff members, the OPR reported that “department attorneys did not commit professional misconduct or exercise poor judgment” and that the voter-intimidation case against the Panthers was dismissed on “a good faith assessment of the law” and “not influenced by the race of the defendants.”

The OPR’s findings were released in a letter Tuesday to Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tex.) that was signed by department attorney Robin Ashton.

The probe was an outgrowth of a political controversy over a 2008 voter-intimidation case against members of the New Black Panther Party. Some conservative lawyers, politicians and commentators have said that the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division improperly narrowed that case — part of broader allegations among conservatives that the Obama Justice Department has failed to protect the civil rights of white voters. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. and other Justice officials have strongly denied the charge.

[sunmars]

Bull Bull Bull.

[chuckee]

So Eric Holder is investigating himself? I would like to book the betting action on that outcome of that one.

[Diogenesis]

[FrankR]

The inmates are running the asylum....

[Don Corleone]

Barbra Striesand!!!

[certrtwngnut]

The Justice Dept. cleared the Justice Dept. of any wrongdoing by investigating itself.
Works for me, how about you?

[Hodar]

I just know that if this were the KKK instead, doing exactly the same thing; would have been handled in the same manner. < /sarcasm>

[oh8eleven]

concluded an investigation finding that politics played no role ...
The report is correct - no "politics" were involved - it was racism.

[paulycy]

It’s never the crime, it’s the cover up that gets ‘em.

Now all we have to do is reel them in.

[scorchedearther]

Huge crock of shit.

[NonValueAdded]

so should this be characterized as a whitewash or a blackwash? Either way it is BS.

[ClearCase_guy]

NPR covered this. They said (with a straight face) that during the era of Civil Rights, little black school children had to walk past screaming white people to go to school.

I guess NPR thinks that was fine -- because they said that having white voters walk past club-wielding Black Panthers in order to vote was perfectly fine, and really no different. Bull Connor? Black Panthers? As far as NPR is considered, they are equivalent, and there is nothing to see here. Let's move on.

[GoldenPup]

Report clears Justice Department in Black Panther case.

Only a mental midget would have expected anything else.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

"The Office of Professional Responsibility, reporting directly to the Attorney General, is responsible for investigating allegations of misconduct involving Department attorneys that relate to the exercise of their authority to investigate, litigate or provide legal advice, as well as allegations of misconduct by law enforcement personnel when related to allegations of attorney misconduct within the jurisdiction of OPR."

http://www.justice.gov/opr/

[TribalPrincess2U]

Next election, people need to go in groups and see if these low-life still want to put their little threatening sticks in our faces.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Too bad Dick Nixon didn't think of that.

[Wings-n-Wind]

Who do they think we are...?? **************

[Georgia Girl 2]

WEll I’m glad that got resolved. Lets move on. No wrong doing here.

[yarddog]

We could start a betting pool on how long it takes for the Republicans to roll over and play dead.

If so I want “They already have”.

[onemiddleamerican]

Well, of course they found themselves innocent of any wrongdoing.