Today's Washington Times posted an editorial on the voter intimidation case against the New Black Panther Party and three of its members. On December 4th, Malik Zulu Shabazz, the chairman of the Black Panther Party, spoke out in defense of Mr. Holder's handling of the case. The Justice Department had dropped charages against Mr. Shabazz for his alleged voter intimidation. If you haven't yet seen the video of this, you can see it on YouTube. I guess one of my questions about the whole incident is, "Where were the police?" Is Philadelphia so corrupt that the police routinely let this sort of thing happen? I live in a small town in Massachusetts with a small police force, but there are always two or three policemen at our polling place.
The article points out:
"After the election, on Nov. 7, 2008, Mr. Shabazz spoke live on the Fox News Channel to defend his fellow party members. Claiming that they had brought a weapon to the Philadelphia polling place in response to the presence of neo-Nazis, Mr. Shabazz said, "When we found that this was an emergency response [to the supposed Nazis in the parking lot], there was an explanation" for brandishing the weapon."
No one has shown any evidence of white supremacist activity at the voting place. Had the case been allowed to go to trial, we might have a clearer picture of whether or not that was the case. It is truly a shame that the charges against Mr. Shabazz were dropped. One of the founding principles of a democracy is 'equal justice under the law.' It seems as if the people charged with upholding our laws have forgotten that principle.
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