A second career civil rights lawyer ripped a hole in the Obama administration’s lies about the Black Panther voter intimidation case this morning. Christopher Coates, who headed the Voting Rights division of the Justice Department, said the administration’s decision to throw out the case was “a travesty of justice” that reflected the “anger” of the president’s appointees and their “deep-seated opposition to the equal enforcement of the” law “for the protection of white voters.” This second witness contradicts the testimony of administration officials and calls into question whether the president has ordered the Department of Justice to deny equal justice to a whole segment of American citizens, an impeachable offense.
Coates’ testimony before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights this morning contradicted the administration’s version of events in at least three regards. (Read Coates’ full testimony here.) On election day 2008, three members of the New Black Panther Party were accused of intimidating white voters in Philadelphia. Justice Department officials have sworn, under oath, that the case was dismissed based on the facts, that political leadership was not involved, and that the department is committed to colorblind enforcement of the law. Thomas Perez, the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, testified on May 14 that the decision was simply “a case of career people disagreeing with career people,” and no “political leadership involved in the decision not to pursue this particular case.” Coates put the lie to them.
He revealed the case’s dismissal “was not required by the facts” but “was intended to send a direct message” that race-neutral justice “would not continue in the Obama administration.”
He then cited two political appointees who foisted the new, racially divisive policy on the department: Loretta King and Julie Fernandez. Loretta King, whom Obama appointed Acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, told Coates to stop asking job applicants if they would be willing to apply the law equally to all races and ethnicities, a cornerstone of American jurisprudence, “because she does not support equal enforcement of the provision of the [Voting Rights Act] and had been highly critical of the filing and civil prosecution of” a 2005 case against blacks in Mississippi who discriminated against whites. Coates added that Fernandez, Obama’s Deputy Asst. AG for Civil Rights, told employees “the Obama administration was only interested in bringing…cases that would provide political equality for racial and language minority voters.” She has made similar statements in public.
Fernandez said the Obama administration had no interest in forcing states to remove ineligible, incarcerated, fraudulent, or deceased voters from state voting rolls. Coates elaborated that eight states are currently in “major noncompliance,” and this could have “partisan consequences” by increasing the likelihood of “voter fraud” in “Democratic strongholds.”
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Coates’ testimony corroborated the work of former DoJ lawyer J. Christian Adams, who stated the president has made it policy not to pursue charges against minority groups accused of discriminating against white victims. Coates concluded his testimony by reminding the department, “we do not have the discretion to decide not to enforce the law based upon the race of the perpetrators or the race of the victims of the wrongdoing.”
The testimony has been months in coming. Eric Holder’s Justice Department denied Coates the right to testify, then removed him to a satellite office in South Carolina. Coates told the commission he could not continue “sitting silently by at the direction of my superiors while incorrect information is provided.”
Adams wrote Coates “destroyed the year-long spin from the Justice Department.” In so doing, Coates invoked all the protections federal law accords whistleblowers to protect himself from the thuggish reprisals of the Obama administration, although officials will undoubtedly make life as miserable for him as possible.
Adams revealed why this is necessary. “All of the employees Coates discusses here are still employed by the Civil Rights Division.” However, this should not be:
The employees responsible for this disgusting behavior should be fired, or should resign in shame. The perpetrators know who they are — and so does the political leadership. They are not fit to work in the Civil Rights Division.
Of course, these employees should not be the only ones to go. If the Obama administration has instructed the Department of Justice to discriminate on the basis of race, that represents a high crime that demands redress. Ignoring the issue of whether the president suborned perjury, federal law prohibits discrimination against any race, not merely preferred ethnicities. Prejudice is no less noxious when the victims’ skin color is white.
Today’s testimony should represent only the first step toward a full-scale investigation of how deeply the first “post-racial president” is denying colorblind justice throughout his administration — and all the consequences appropriate for the offenses it uncovers.
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Why haven't we heard from the media and politicians for the removal of King, and all the other incompetent people in the Justice Dept. Where is all the noise this would bring if the race was reversed. You would see Obama angrily denouncing the racist people and promising to get to the bottom of this. Those people would be fired and prosecuted. Jessie Jackson, Al Sharpton would be staging demonstrations. The media would be covering it non stop.
But all I hear is silence from those people. Since the victims are white, well it's just not that important. There must be more important things to discuss.
The blatant racism from Obama and all the so called civil rights leaders is glaring. They are disgusting in their decision to ignore the meaning of equality. Only Blacks are important in their eyes. This is by far the most racist and nauseating government we have ever had, Another reason Obama is worthless as a president. The sooner we can get him and the Marxists advisers he listens to out of office the better this country will be, Then we can start fixing the tremendous damage he has done to us.
Obama has no problem trampling on our Constitution so why would he hesitate to deny white people the right to vote. He should be impeached but then Pelosi would be vice president—-God forbid>
I have been asking at other places who seem to want to bring Obama down why no one has taken steps to impeach him instead of merely waiting until 2012 to vote him out but no one has made it clear that of course that would make Biden president and the wicked witch of the west the VP. Is there no way around this? Do you think Biden would actually want the job? He always seemed like a weak link to me. We definitely DO NOT want the witch as president!!! Perhaps we can impeach all three?
We must do something, though, as it is obvious except to the 'sheeple' that Obama is a traitor to our country and that he hates the US as it stands, as much as Osama does. He is trying to take away our freedoms which we were promised by the Constitution. He is trying to destroy that very document.
It is time that good men and women step up and do something to prevent further chaos.
Furthermore, the lies and other crimes Obama has perpetrated, are much more damaging to our nation than those of Bill Clinton or Richard Nixon! The debt he has placed us into is more than ever before and he shows no signs of slowing down. What kind of 'bailout' will a bankrupt United States need?
The whole nation needs to nullify his health care reform bill and any and all other rip offs he has attempted. We need to rebuild a Republic! We need to make it clear that no member of the House or Senate or the Presidency is exempt from any laws or bills they make for the citizens of this country, retroactively. I bet they would be a lot more thoughtful about what they ratify under such conditions.
Things would be good for everyone, or at least a lot more equal. The people would decide on whether their individual representatives deserved a raise. They would serve their time which would be limited and when they leave they would return to the public workforce or whatever they did before they were elected. No "golden parachutes" for anyone past, present or future.
" THE UNITED STATES " DEPARTMENT OF INJUSTICE ".
THANK GOD FOR WHISTLE BLOWERS .
IMPEACH OR ARREST OBUMMER AND ALL THE OTHER FRAUDS .
THE UNITED STATES " DEPARTMENT OF INJUSTICE ".
THANK GOD FOR WHISTLE BLOWERS .
Some blacks actually believe that practicing racism against whites is not racist but it is "payback" and therefore virtuous. I know this b/c I have had discussions with many of them through the years here in the south. Rush Limbaugh has had the courage to articulate this also on his program. Blacks cannot be racist b/c supposedly they do not hold positions of power, but since affirmative action, that is a lie. IMHO blacks tend to be more racist than any other race and they are more vocal about it.
I am not so small minded but I worked with, went to school with and lived in mixed neighborhoods. I found it was no big deal for the word 'Honky' to be used when referring to me or any whites. However, the "N" word was strictly allowed by blacks to use whether in fun or on stage and of course in anger or disagreement with another black. I detest any racist slurs and find them extremely distasteful. As the classic story about the little black girl in a classroom answered when asked what she preferred to be called, she said "Nancy"! I, too, prefer the name my parents gave me.
Loretta King,Julie Fernandez,Sharpton,Jackson,Hussein O'mammie,black panthers,Louie Farakan,Congressional Black Cacas,etc; all black racists intent on ruling whitie. That's been their purpose since the civil rights act was passed. These people have no desire for equality. Remember what that black racist said on video? If my memory serves me right, I think his name was Mooohammie Rangytang. "Whitie gon see wot it be like ta be ruled by blackie." This black racism is coming straight from the "head honcho," hussein himself. Never forget the white cop and the black "professor". Just another reason to stayed armed !
If people had just listened closely to obama during the campaign, they would have seen this coming. He was going to “level the playing field”…in other words, payback to the whites! The gates scandel should have opened people’s eyes to the fact obama is not interested in JUSTICE!
Someone asked why obama hasn’t been impeached? In the first place, nancy pelosi wouldn’t have any of that as it would expose her and probably 90% of her fellow democraps in perpertrating the biggest FRAUD American has ever seen by allowing obama to run in the first place. obama needs removing, but not by impeachment as it would allow biden to step up. obama needs to be charged with fraud and treason! If found he was NOT eligible, so would biden and pelosi would have her hands full of charges against HER too! I think it would come down to a new election, but NOT with McCain running!