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To: combjelly who wrote (949508)	7/24/2016 8:28:58 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575514

>> You do realize that the DOJ under Bush investigated this and dropped it because they couldn't prove what you claim? You don't know what you're talking about. I have explained this to you before. Hell, they had it on video. It was open-and-shut. Obama didn't want to prosecute the New Black Panthers, they claimed they wanted to prosecute only the people with the clubs. In the end they just let it go. Quoting Politifact here -- "On Jan. 7, 2009, the Bush Administration Justice Department announced that it filed a civil lawsuit against the New Black Panther Party and three of its members. Specifically, they were alleged to have violated Section 11(b) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which prohibits intimidation, coercion or threats against "any person for voting or attempting to vote." The aims of the lawsuit were fairly limited: "The Department seeks an injunction preventing any future deployment of, or display of weapons by, New Black Panther Party members at the entrance to polling locations." In other words, the aim was to make sure they didn't do something similar again in the future. This section of the law does not subject violators to criminal penalties (fines or jail time, for example). The Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice, which handles all racially motivated voter intimidation offenses, determined that "the facts did not constitute a prosecutable violation of the federal criminal civil rights statutes," according to testimony provided by Thomas E. Perez , Assistant Attorney General, on May 14, 2010. Justice spokeswoman Tracy Schmaler confirmed to PolitiFact that that determination not to file criminal charges was made prior to the filing of the civil case." As you can see from above, it was the Obama DOJ, NOT the Bush DOJ who made the decision not to prosecute. Bush's DOJ filed what it believed were appropriate charges against these idiots. It turned out there were no criminal penalties, but they wanted to prevent a recurrence. Obama just decided to drop the thing altogether. I do not know why you continue to make the same claim after you have repeatedly been shown to be wrong.