Today's Washington Times reports that the House Judiciary Committee (controlled by the Democrats) voted down a resolution to require the Justice Department to tell Congress why it dismissed charages against members of the New Black Panther Party for threatening behavior at a Philadelphia polling place in 2008.
The Washington Times reports:
"The 15 Democrats, led by Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. of Michigan, sent the resolution to the House floor with an adverse recommendation, voting it "unfavorably" out of committee. They described the Philadelphia polling disruption as an "isolated incident" that received sufficient punishment when the New Black Panther Party member who carried a nightstick was barred from carrying weapons at polling places in the future."
If you follow the logic of that statement, I can rob a bank and have the charges dismissed as long as I understand that I can't rob any more banks.
The backbone of our democracy is the free election process. It amazes me that anyone in Congress (even the Democrats) would be so short-sighted as to ignore this incident and its implications.
Just in case you haven't seen the video, here is the link--You Tube.
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