Just as a point of information—were there a lot of white people walking past Black Panthers? I’m not saying this ‘cleared of all wrongdoing’ crap is for real, but was this one incident the same as blacks being kept out of schools, which they were?
Again, I’m asking—how many people did this involve, in terms of voters who’ve reported intimidation and Black Pinheads at how many voting places, etc.?
As far as I concerned, it happened and it ought to be treated as a serious matter. Very straightforward. But Holder looks back 60 years or so and says, "You crackers deserve it."
This incident was much, MUCH more serious than blacks being kept out of school. Because this incident struck at basis of our entire republic - the right to exercise, freely, the right to vote. Once we forfeit the right to fair and free elections, we have started down the slippery slope to being a banana republic. Banning blacks from schools, as much as we might abhor it it, took away ONE right. If you take away the free vote you take ALL my rights as a citizen.
Moreover, it is the purpose of the federal government, most especially the Justice Department, so see that the rule of law is upheld. In school segregation, the STATES tried to enforce segregation and the federal government, correctly, opposed that violation of the Constitution. When there were literacy tests for voting, it was the STATES interferring with the right to vote and the federal government opposed it.
In the Black Panther Case there was a DEFAULT JUDGEMENT against the Black Panthers. All Justice had to do was show up and receive the verdict. But they dismissed the case rather than accept a verdict they didn't like.