State Sanctioned Racism
The kung-fu fighters above are Jerry Jackson and Samir Shabazz (whose name has “King” before it almost everywhere else on the web, but not here).
These two charming individuals are members of The New Black Panther Party for Self Defense (they should really rethink the verbose name) and were “stationed” at the 1221 Fairmount polling station in Philadelphia on Election Day 2008.
Conspicuous by their paramilitary fatigues, military-esque jacket patches and Shabazz’s night-stick, Jerry n’ Samir soon caught the attention of local police for violating the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which prohibits any “attempt to intimidate, threaten, or coerce” any voter and those aiding voters.
The Department of Justice subsequently filed a civil suit on January 7th,2009, identifying the men as members of the Panthers and stating that they wore “military-style uniforms”, one of whom was armed with “a dangerous weapon” and both of whom used racial slurs and insults to intimidate would-be voters. Far more info here.
Oh and, by the way, Jerry Jackson is not only a Panther but also an elected member of Philadelphia’s 14th Ward Democratic Committee and had been appointed by the Democratic Party as an official watcher.
Can you guess what happened next?
You got it. Eric Holder’s Justice Department dropped the case, once again protecting Barry’s allies. This is quickly becoming a precedent under the Obama administration, as Chicago mafia tactics become standard procedure in DC.
If it had been two KKK members at the polling station instead of two Black Panther members, would the same outcome still have occured?
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July 13th, 2009 at 09:48
You can be sure they would have been treated the same.
sarc off.
This was clearly a case of voter intimidation, just the type activities the law was written for. Laws are written to keep the Conservatives in check, not the socialists.
July 13th, 2009 at 13:15
..and, of course, Holder is thinking about prusuing CIA agents under the Bush administration for their E/I techniques.
Ain’t life grand under the leadership of The Boy king?
January 6th, 2010 at 08:25
When the Whites of this nation marched into the voting booths to vote for the ‘FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT’…to vote pigment instead of policies….to worship and raise the black man up above their own people….the same very ones that attempted to erase racism by practicing it on the flip-side….what they got out of it was that Whites are telling blacks to govern them….what they say goes…they are the Masters that they chose for themselves…
I really feel sorry for the fools…….
For a majority to hand the reigns to the monority..that claim to hate the majority is…well, foolish..
For someone to believe that a group of people that claim to hate them will treat them as fairly as they have them….is, well, foolish..
They handed their destiny as a People to the ‘chosen’ few….
How utterly insipid!!….
And the Whites that voted for this clown deserve EVERYTHING they get…
Like I always say to bed-wetters…NO!, dont wake up…that way youre an easy target in place of me…
not to mention…….its easier to slit someones throat while theyre asleep….
And they deserve it!!….
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