Today's Washington Times has an update on the progress of the case against the Black Panthers for voter intimidation in Philadelphia. Yesterday, the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, which is inquiring into why the Justice Department dropped the case against the Black Panthers, sent a letter to Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. demanding that the Justice Department cooperate with their investigation. On September 9th the Justice Department sent the U.S. Civil Rights Commission a letter saying that the commission should postpone their investigation until Justice's own internal investigation of the matter is complete.
The article points out:
"Consider again the nature of the charges. The Black Panthers in question were videotaped standing in front of a polling place, nightstick in hand, in paramilitary garb, and were quoted multiple times using racial epithets and threatening language. The Panthers are deadly serious. At electionjournal.org, there is a National Geographic video clip of these same Black Panthers saying, "You want freedom, you're gonna have to kill some crackers. You're gonna have to kill some of they [sic] babies."
"One of these menaces is a local Democratic official and was a registered Democratic poll watcher on the day in question. Three days after the case was dropped against him, he again served as an official poll watcher for Democratic municipal elections in Philadelphia."
The question at the bottom of this investigation is whether all Americans are protected by Civil Rights Laws or whether only citizens of color are protected. Somehow I always thought Civil Rights meant that everyone received equal treatment under the law. Unless the Justice Department begins to cooperate with this investigation, it is sending a message that Civil Rights Laws only apply to people of color.
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