USCCR KOs DOJ
That’s a lot of acronyms and none of them bode well for the Obama Administration. A draft report from the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, which charged that the Department of Justice tried to cover-up the extensive involvement of high-level political officials in the dismissal of voter-intimidation lawsuit brought against the New Black Panther Party, was delayed last week when a Democrat commission member blocked its release.
This from The Washington Post:
The draft of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights report says that Justice tried to hide the extensive involvement of high-level political officials in the dismissal of the suit against members of the New Black Panther Party. The move, the report says, indicates that Justice’s Civil Rights Division is failing to protect white voters and is “at war with its core mission of guaranteeing equal protection (under) the laws for all Americans.”
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After President Obama took office, the Justice Department dismissed the charges against three defendants and obtained a narrowed injunction against the fourth, even though the defendants had not contested the case.
The commission’s draft report said the department’s “repeated attempts to obscure” the involvement of political appointees in the dismissal “raise questions about what the Department is trying to hide. ”
The commission’s findings are based mostly on the testimony of two Justice Department attorneys involved in the case, as well as media reports, including a recent article in The Washington Post. That article said the case tapped into deep divisions within the Justice Department over whether the agency should focus on protection of historically oppressed minorities or enforcement of laws without regard to race.
That’s a pretty sweeping statement – “at war with its core mission of guaranteeing equal protection (under) the laws for all Americans.”
How’s that Hope and Change working? Apparently, just fine if you’re one of the protected classes.
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