On Friday's Special Report with Bret Baier, FNC host Baier informed viewers that the Justice Department had dropped charges against New Black Panther members who engaged in blatant voter intimidation in Philadelphia last November. As previously documented by Newsbuster Noel Sheppard, last November Fox News ran a report by Rick Leventhal detailing the activity which was ignored by the mainstream media. On Friday's Special Report, Baier quoted a former 1960s civil rights lawyer: "The most blatant form of voter intimidation. They were positioned in a location that forced every voter to pass in close proximity to them. The weapon was openly displayed and brandished in plain sight of voters."
Below is a transcript of the report from the Friday, May 29, Special Report with Bret Baier on FNC, which aired during the show's "Political Grapevine" segment:
BRET BAIER: A lawsuit brought by the Bush administrationNew Black Panther Party has been dropped by the Obama Justice Department. The move comes despite an eye witness account of a You Tube video of the men seemingly attempting to scare away would-be voters on Election Day, an apparent violation of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The civil complaint accused the men of coercion, making threats, intimidation, and hurling racial slurs while at a Philadelphia polling station on November 4. Prosecutors say one of the men brandished a night stick, which they called a deadly weapon.
A former 1960's civil rights lawyer said in an affidavit that it was, quote, "The most blatant form of voter intimidation. They were positioned in a location that forced every voter to pass in close proximity to them. The weapon was openly displayed and brandished in plain sight of voters." A Justice Department spokesman said officials obtained "an injunction that prohibits the defendant, who brandished the weapon, from doing so again. Claims were dismissed from the other defendants based on a careful assessment of the facts and the law."
—Brad Wilmouth is a news analyst at the Media Research Center.
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Laws don't apply to the
June 1, 2009 - 10:14 ET by mattmLaws don't apply to the lawless - especially when the head thug is the president.
black panthers
June 1, 2009 - 10:40 ET by jessieHjessieH I grew up in the 60s when the black panthers hit the news. They were thugs then.........they are thugs now. If I were to show up at a polling place with a weapon, the press, ACORN, & every liberal from coast to coast would make my life a living hell, not to mention going to jail for it. The black panthers are a racist bunch. Then, again, so is the NAACP.
What these Black men did
June 1, 2009 - 10:40 ET by Dan The Man 2What these Black men did was no different than what the KKK or any racist organization did during the 1800's and up into the 60's and 70's. I wonder why someone did not call the cops or if they did what happened?
I dont think these men even thought what they were doing put them up with the likes of the KK or Hitler's Nazis.
They did call the police,
June 1, 2009 - 10:51 ET by UtherpendThey did call the police, who showed up and asked the men why they were there but never once told them to put away the billy club or vacate the premesis. Basically the White Cops were too afraid to cause a scene than to secure a voting place that law abiding citizens were attempting to practice their given right to vote. If that had happened in fly over country or here in KY the Sheriffs that monitor the voting precincts would have arrested and detained the thugs.
"For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security."
Panthergate
June 1, 2009 - 10:46 ET by slickwillie2001Also not well publicized, the thug with the nightstick was employed by the democratic party as a poll watcher on that site.
Official Document Shows New Black Panther was Representing Democratic Party: http://www.weaselzippers.net
This puts the case in a whole new light. Why would the prosecution continue under democratics when they were prosecuting one of their own? What happened in negotiations with prosecutors on the case? Did the goon offer to incriminate others higher up if the prosecution continued?
Congressman Lamar Smith (R-TX) is calling for an investigation as to why the case was dropped: Call for Investigation into Politically Motivated Dropping of Black Panther Case: http://macsmind.com
Dropping case against New Black Panthers
June 1, 2009 - 11:01 ET by merlin61This is the "change" that was voted for. Great
isn't it?
No one should be surprised by this...
June 1, 2009 - 11:24 ET by PrairieSkyNo one should be surprised that this case has been done away with...There is no way that Obama, with the help of his lapdog Attorney General, Eric Holder, was going to allow this case to proceed. There is way too much at stake with this, because of the fact that the thugs involved were clearly guilty of voter intimidation, along with the nasty little fact that one of the people charged had been hired by the Dems to be a poll watcher. This is not a case that Obamessiah wanted to see go forward, as it had far too many racial overtones (that he wants to avoid at all costs), and it also would have made the Dems look very bad indeed.
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not surprising-Khalid al Mansour=
June 1, 2009 - 12:56 ET by JIMMY1660who was given funding by the Saudi Prince in the 60's-who in turn, funded the Black Panthers-and al Mansour who financed BHO college education at Columbia and Harvard.BHO has no paper trail of student loans.
Why did BHO genuflect at then feet of the King of Saudi, he has been funded by the Saudi's along with the Black Panthers. No surprise.
BHO- the one term DIMOCRAT
This sets the stage...
June 1, 2009 - 13:20 ET by wnaegele...for ACORN to become the de facto overseer of elections in the U.S.
Or, as an infamous man once said:
"He who votes decides nothing; he who counts the votes decides everything."
-- Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili, aka, Joseph Stalin.
Racism
June 1, 2009 - 14:55 ET by sevenCan't investigate this for 2 reasons. These guys are also connected to ACORN and it is embarassing.
These hoodlums are protecting against a strawman. a white straman. They were told that black people would face trouble by whites when blacks came to the polls to vote for the 1/2 black candidate.
Nothing will be done about
June 1, 2009 - 15:12 ET by bigtimerNothing will be done about this.
Nothing.
I give up waiting for something to be done...this is an outrage, than again, Obama Team is too, Holder is dangerous, I thought and posted he will be one of the most dangerous man in the Obama adminsitration..and he has been.
As Soros and such smile.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
This is the result
June 1, 2009 - 19:28 ET by TheHistorianof appointing a criminal to be the Attorney General. He and the Senate should all be cashiered.
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/05/023526.php
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