Republicans push to have charges against Black Panthers reinstated

The Washington Times reports that Republicans are (rightly) calling on the Obama Department of Justice to reinstate charges against the Black Panthers for intimidating voters in Philadelphia last November. (Via Yid with Lid)

Congressional Republicans on Thursday escalated their criticism of the Justice Department for dismissing a controversial voter-intimidation case, demanding that civil charges against the New Black Panther Party be restored. They also renewed their request to interview career attorneys who disagreed with the administration’s decision to dismiss the charges.

Rep. Frank R. Wolf of Virginia, a senior Republican on the House Appropriations Committee, obtained an opinion Thursday from the Congressional Research Service (CRS) affirming that charges could legally be refiled without violating the double-jeopardy clause of the U.S. Constitution and said he thought Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. was obligated to refile the case.

“In all fairness, he has a duty to protect those seeking to vote and I remain deeply troubled by this questionable dismissal of an important voter-intimidation case in Philadelphia,” Mr. Wolf told The Washington Times.

The Times on Thursday reported that Associate Attorney General Thomas J. Perrelli, the department’s No. 3 political appointee, approved the decision to drop the case against the NBPP and its members even after the government had won judgments against them for their actions in November at a Philadelphia polling location.

These people are dangerous, and they are emboldened by the DOJ’s decision to dismiss the charges against them. You can read more about their blatant racism and incitement of racial violence at MichelleMalkin.com. Follow some of the links to witness the new post-racial world we live in. I may have missed it, but I haven’t heard much from the main stream media on this. Nor have I heard them ask Obama about it during a press conference.