I wonder if the New Black Panthers will be in attendance for the primary or do they wait for the general election?

I voted today, even got a "I voted" sticker to display :>)

Brooke

Brooke, perhaps you are giving the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense too much credit for past activity? Or, have I missed something??

from Wikipedia:
"During the 2008 presidential election, poll watchers found two New Black Panther militia members outside of a polling place in Philadelphia. One of these two was a poll watcher, while the other was a New Black Panther member who had brought a nightstick. Republican poll watcher Chris Hill stated that voters had been complaining about intimidation, while the DA's office stated that they had not been contacted by any voters.

The New Black Panther with the nightstick was escorted away by the police.

On January 7, 2009, the United States Department of Justice filed a civil suit against the New Black Panther Party and three of its members relating to the incident that occurred at the Philadelphia polling place during the 2008 election. The suit seeks an injunction preventing further violations of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The suit accuses members Minister King Samir Shabazz and Jerry Jackson of being outside a polling location wearing the uniform of the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, and that Shabazz repeatedly brandished a police-style baton weapon.[16] On May 15, 2009, the Obama Administration DOJ, having obtained an injunction against the defendant who had carried the weapon, dropped the suit against the remaining defendants, against the advice of its prosecutors who had worked on the case.

According to a statement posted on the homepage of the New Black Panther Party, the Philadelphia Chapter has been suspended relating to the incident that occurred at the Philadelphia polling location during the November 2008 election."

--Stitz--

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