Three men were accused of trying to threaten voters and block poll and campaign workers by the threat of force -- one even brandishing what prosecutors call a deadly weapon.
Charges brought against three members of the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense under the Bush administration have been dropped by the Obama Justice Department, FOX News has learned.
The charges stemmed from an incident at a Philadelphia polling place on Election Day 2008 when three members of the party were accused of trying to threaten voters and block poll and campaign workers by the threat of force -- one even brandishing what prosecutors call a deadly weapon.
The three black panthers, Minister King Samir Shabazz, Malik Zulu Shabazz and Jerry Jackson were charged in a civil complaint in the final days of the Bush administration with violating the voter rights act by using coercion, threats and intimidation. Shabazz allegedly held a nightstick or baton that prosecutors said he pointed at people and menacingly tapped it. Prosecutors also say he "supports racially motivated violence against non-blacks and Jews."
The Obama administration won the case last month, but moved to dismiss the charges on May 15.
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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2009/05/29/charges-black-panthers-dropped-obama/
10 comments:
If momory serves me correctly, they threatened several folks through intimidation and the news crew. The one was holding a expandable nite stick.
Is it a suprise it was dismissed
I bet Obama was split half and half on this decision.
Just wait til the racist Sonia Sotomayor gets to be a Supreme Court Justice.
Justice and the constitution will only be a memory.
having fun yet...here is the change the people wanted...wow can' t wait to see what is next..
Revolution is the only way people. Time has come...
Anonymous said...
Revolution is the only way people. Time has come...
5:30 PM
yep and I can't wait.
they dropped the case because obama belongs to the black panthers.
remember when he had the black panthers logo on his web page just before the election?
Let me clarify something for those who are not aware.This new radical group of Black Panthers are nothing like the Black Panthers of the 1960's....these new Panthers make the old party look like a weekly Mahjong club.
I watched an MSNBC documentary on these "New Black Panthers" and they are a dangerous and psychopathic lot.Malik Zulu Shabazz made a comment that he would not have his followers target white men and women,but rather assassinate their BABIES.Nice guy.This group is no better than a damn neo-Nazi "white power" clan.Maybe all the extremist racial fanatics should go at war with each other and leave us sane normal folks out of it.
It is fine for the Black Panthers because they are Obama's men just making sure he got elected. Whether by hook or crook.
Bring it on remember what happend when we played cowboy and indians. Hmmmmmmm. Just food for thought the indians are farming dust bowls and rocks. Funny only whites are racist, Blacks are just angry and misunderstood. A product of their enviroment. B.S. Move on people one of yours is giving you a royal pump job with no lube.
did you hear that obama is trying to get rid of all things black? he is trying to change the color of roads and roofs from black to another color because it is harming the environment. So i guess the black panthers are going to have to change their attire to the pink panthers? as for other things that are black ill let you all make your own jokes about that lol
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