Justice Dept. sues New Black Panther Party thugs

By Michelle Malkin  •  January 7, 2009 10:24 PM

Good news: Someone in the Justice Department took the Election Day intimidation tactics of the New Black Panther Party in Philadelphia seriously.

The DOJ filed an injunction today against the NBPP bullies over their billyclub-wielding thuggishness at a Philly polling place, which was captured on video:

Remember?

Here’s the DOJ’s announcement:

Justice Department Seeks Injunction Against New Black Panther Party
Lawsuit Seeks to Prohibit Voter Intimidation in Future Elections

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit under the Voting Rights Act against the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense and three of its members alleging that the defendants intimidated voters and those aiding them during the Nov. 4, 2008, general election.

The complaint, filed in the United States District Court in Philadelphia, alleges that, during the election, Minister King Samir Shabazz and Jerry Jackson were deployed at the entrance to a Philadelphia polling location wearing the uniform of the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, and that Samir Shabazz repeatedly brandished a police-style baton weapon.

“Intimidation outside of a polling place is contrary to the democratic process,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Grace Chung Becker. “The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed to protect the fundamental right to vote and the Department takes allegations of voter intimidation seriously.”

According to the complaint, party Chairman Malik Zulu Shabazz confirmed that the placement of Samir Shabazz and Jackson in Philadelphia was part of a nationwide effort to deploy New Black Panther Party members at polling locations on Election Day. The complaint alleges a violation of Section 11(b) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which prohibits intimidation, coercion or threats against “any person for voting or attempting to vote.” The Department seeks an injunction preventing any future deployment of, or display of weapons by, New Black Panther Party members at the entrance to polling locations.

The New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, which claims active chapters nationwide, is distinct from the Black Panther Party founded by Bobby Seale in the 1960s.

The Civil Rights Division enforces the Voting Rights Act of 1965. To file complaints about discriminatory voting practices, including acts of harassment or intimidation, voters may call the Voting Section of the Civil Rights Division at 1-800-253-3931. More information about the Voting Rights Act and other federal voting laws is available on the Department of Justice’s web site at www.usdoj.gov/crt/voting/index.htm.

***

I can only imagine what the NBPP gangstas are calling Grace Chung Becker.

You remember what Shabazz called me. Remember?

***

Background:

Obama’s civilian security force: Billy club-wielding security guards at Philly polls

Black Panther intimidation at the polls?; NBPP: “We will be at the polls in the cities and counties in many states to ensure that the enemy does not sabotage the black vote, which was won through the blood of the martyrs of our people”

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  1. #585957
    On January 7th, 2009 at 10:31 pm, gunslingerpatriot said:

    Thanks MM for keeping us up to date.

    What makes this so sweet is that a law that was intially designed to help minorities to be able to vote has now come full circle to ensure that EVERYONE has the right not to be intimated (Including white people).

    GSP
    “This is Sparta!”

  2. #585959
    On January 7th, 2009 at 10:31 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    Thank you, Jesus!

  3. #585961
    On January 7th, 2009 at 10:36 pm, backwoods conservative said:

    Good. That kind of behavior should not be tolerated.

  4. #585962
    On January 7th, 2009 at 10:36 pm, JHSII said:

    Yep, that was sure timely. :roll:

    When was the election again? :roll:

  5. #585963
    On January 7th, 2009 at 10:38 pm, teachem2 said:

    All I can say is that I hope any injunction that is in place during future elections will be enforced. It only took a little more than two months to do anything about this one episode. :roll:

  6. #585967
    On January 7th, 2009 at 10:46 pm, puhiawa said:

    Just doing what the Democrat Party wants.
    Thugs For Democratcy.

  7. #585971
    On January 7th, 2009 at 10:57 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    How long until they call the justice department racist for pressing charges?

  8. #585977
    On January 7th, 2009 at 11:01 pm, docflash said:

    puhiawa said:
    “Just doing what the Democrat Party wants.
    Thugs For Democratcy.”

    Don’t forget to add the Thizzle.

  9. #585979
    On January 7th, 2009 at 11:03 pm, Leatherneck said:

    That Black Panther can not be taken seriously until he zips up his jacket, gets rid of the bright target sign patches, and a dam hair cut.

    What kind of military want-a-be outfit is this? Get some POLISH on those boots!

  10. #585980
    On January 7th, 2009 at 11:05 pm, Tennessee Dave said:

    Maybe now their “thug thizzle” will “fizzle.”

  11. #585986
    On January 7th, 2009 at 11:13 pm, Tennessee Dave said:

    While I’m thinking about thugs – a big birthday hollar to the King of Rock ‘N Roll tomorrow. Yes, Elvis would have been 74 years old tomorrow.

  12. #585993
    On January 7th, 2009 at 11:27 pm, TooMuchTime said:

    The Voting Rights Act was passed so the democrats and their gestapo (the KKK) could no longer intimidate blacks to keep them from registering or voting. Remember, when President Johnson asked his democrat brethern to help pass the bill, they said, “No thanks.” He then went to the Republicans and they wholeheartedly agreed it since the entire reason for the founding of the Republican party was to stop the racism of the democrats. Remember, MLK Jr and Sr were both Republicans.

    So now the racist Nazis in the New Black Panther Party are doing what the democrats did from 1865 to 1965. Only they’re doing it to whites.

    Typical. Liberal. Hypocrites.

  13. #585996
    On January 7th, 2009 at 11:33 pm, palani said:

    I don’t know – a lawsuit to prevent “future intimidation” sounds kind of lame. But thanks, Michelle, for reminding me of the time you kicked grandmaster Mailik’s butt on the O’Reilly show.

  14. #585997
    On January 7th, 2009 at 11:35 pm, Flyoverman said:

    The Feds “sued” the New Black Panther Party? Well, I am sure they were impressed…..

    I fail to see what significance this will have. Try arresting them.

  15. #585999
    On January 7th, 2009 at 11:38 pm, right_on said:

    Minister King Samir Shabazz

    LMAO! Who names these jokers, Homey D. Clown? “Less-see now…Sam…er..Sha-zam! No, no…Sha-bam! No, no…Sam…er…Sha-bazz.”

    Heh! Self-importance and esteem is so necessary with this group. His given name, was probably too benign for this group. His partner in crime, Jerry Jackson, had not yet had his naming ceremony, apparently.

  16. #586004
    On January 7th, 2009 at 11:49 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    Malcolm X said:

    You will never get real freedom and recognition between black and white people in this country without destroying the country, without destroying the presentpolitcal system, without destroying the present economic system, without rewriting the entire Constitution. It will be a complete destruction of everything that America supposedly stands for.

    Malcolm X said, on several occasions, that they would achieve their goals “By Any Means Necessary“.

    William Ayers’ office door is decorated with pictures of Mumia Abu-Jamal, Che Guevara and Malcolm X.

    Barack Hussein Obama said:

    Only Malcolm X’s autobiography seemed to offer something different. His repeated acts of self-creation spoke to me. The blunt poetry of his words. His unadorned insistence on respect. He promised a new and uncompromising order, martial in its discipline.

    And Barack Hussein Obama said:

    But my journey is part of a larger journey – one shared by all who’ve ever sought to apply the values of their faith to our society. It’s a journey that takes us back to our nation’s founding, when none other than a UCC church inspired the Boston Tea Party and helped bring an Empire to its knees.

    Links for all of that are included within this larger post.

  17. #586005
    On January 7th, 2009 at 11:50 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    “martial in its discipline.“

  18. #586019
    On January 8th, 2009 at 12:11 am, love2rumba said:

    I wonder how MM puts up with this stuff and not wanting to throw a punch at Shabazz. Shabazz isn’t fit to run anything but a crack house from what I have seen and heard…

  19. #586020
    On January 8th, 2009 at 12:11 am, BlameAmericaLast said:

    LMAO! Who names these jokers, Homey D. Clown? “Less-see now…Sam…er..Sha-zam! No, no…Sha-bam! No, no…Sam…er…Sha-bazz.”

    Comes from Malcolm X days…his “official” name was El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz.

    I guess they think they’re carrying on his legacy.

  20. #586022
    On January 8th, 2009 at 12:21 am, RetFireman said:

    An injunction? That’s it? They filed legal paperwork that basicaly states they are not allowed to do what the law already said that the aren’t allowed to do?

    Maybe I would be a bit more enthused about this if the two thugs that were there threatening people were actually arrested and held accountable for what they did, if they were charged with hate crimes, and actually made an example of.

    COme on…does anyone believe for one minute that had this been a couple of toothless wonders wearing white hoods that all that would happen is for some injuction to be filed?

    Sorry, but this is nothing more than eye candy for the media and for people to think something is actually being done. When you have a criminal group such as these idiots running around, thumbing their noses at “The White Man’s Laws” to begin with, does anyone think a legless injunction means a damn thing to them?

  21. #586029
    On January 8th, 2009 at 1:01 am, thegreatbeast said:

    Meh. How about lodging a RICO indictment against ACORN for their efforts over different geographic areas over a course of years?

  22. #586030
    On January 8th, 2009 at 1:09 am, rocketman said:

    The Shabazz loser really showed his respect for women in the video. What class! His backing of the Duke case stripper’s phony allegations is like listening to the Al Sharpton /Tawney Brawley case again.
    ***
    Michelle Malkin really put him in his place. I hadn’t seen this video before–good job.
    ***
    John Bibb

  23. #586067
    On January 8th, 2009 at 5:49 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    On January 7th, 2009 at 10:46 pm, puhiawa said:

    Just doing what the Democrat Party wants.
    Thugs For Democratcy.

    Put that on a t-shirt and sell them at the next DNC function and Duke University. You have a winner.
    Minister King Samir Shabazz will want a royalty of course.

  24. #586076
    On January 8th, 2009 at 6:47 am, zorro said:

    Well done DOJ. I hope they will not be hindered in this action once the new regime marches into power.

    I love that video clip! The ultimate prime-time slap down delivered by the best opinion person ever to hit cable.

  25. #586103
    On January 8th, 2009 at 7:46 am, tre said:

    Now that the election’s over, something is being done about looney, leftwing liberals intimidating Conservatives.

    Now, when will something be done about that comic opera going on in Minnesota?

  26. #586108
    On January 8th, 2009 at 8:00 am, jangar said:

    “Intimidation outside of a polling place is contrary to the democratic process.”

    2 months too late. Oh, yes, uphold the law AFTER the fact, but where was the law DURING?

  27. #586116
    On January 8th, 2009 at 8:11 am, The_Livewire said:

    Anyone want to start a pool, “number of days after Jan 20 that this lawsuit will disappear”?

  28. #586152
    On January 8th, 2009 at 8:52 am, iamsaved said:

    Now all we need is for the DOJ to investigate the stolen election in Minnesota.

    Counting over and over until Franken is ahead, counting duplicates, finding “new” ballots, mostly in favor of Franken, defies statistical logic and should be enough to start an investigation.

    The fact that the vote was even close is incredulous. Are the people in Minnesota that ignorant that they would even vote for a morally bankrupt Al Franken(nonsense) for the Senate?

    They’re ignorance is only matched by Massachusetts who voted for the likes of Barney Frank, John Kerry, and Ted Kennedy.

    On second thought, maybe there are a lot more pockets of ignorance – like those voting for Kucinich, Boxer, Leahy, Dodd, Biden, Schumer, Durbin, Waters, and the list goes on…

  29. #586159
    On January 8th, 2009 at 9:00 am, av8tr said:

    I think Acting Assistant Attorney General Grace Chung Becker is going to have a shorter career than she hoped at Justice. She just committed career suicide. Livewire’s right. This will quietly be swept under the rug.

    Is Dept. of Justice an oxymoron?

  30. #586168
    On January 8th, 2009 at 9:14 am, Paul Revere said:

    I’m shocked.

  31. #586198
    On January 8th, 2009 at 9:44 am, dfern said:

    Fo-sheezy!!!!!

  32. #586210
    On January 8th, 2009 at 9:55 am, MtsEdge said:

    Why not hit ‘em in the pocketbook a la the Goldman and Brown families v. OJ? If this lawsuit is just a paper exercise, it will mean nothing to them.

  33. #586224
    On January 8th, 2009 at 10:08 am, Speakup said:

    Guilty of what they accuse others of doing.

  34. #586244
    On January 8th, 2009 at 10:24 am, Yashmak said:

    Heh! Self-importance and esteem is so necessary with this group. His given name, was probably too benign for this group. His partner in crime, Jerry Jackson, had not yet had his naming ceremony, apparently.

    – right_on

    Perhaps they thought that Jerry Jackson sounded enough like Jesse Jackson, so he didn’t need a ’stage name’.

  35. #586261
    On January 8th, 2009 at 10:40 am, Vic said:

    You just *know* how the Obamedia is going to spin this.

  36. #586348
    On January 8th, 2009 at 11:37 am, MBuck said:

    On January 7th, 2009 at 10:36 pm, JHSII said:
    Yep, that was sure timely.

    When was the election again?

    I just wonder how many PC police they had to get permission from first before they went ahead with it?

  37. #586413
    On January 8th, 2009 at 12:04 pm, teachem2 said:

    On January 8th, 2009 at 11:37 am, MBuck said:
    I just wonder how many PC police they had to get permission from first before they went ahead with it?

    That’s why it takes 2 months to uphold a law that’s already in place.

  38. #586420
    On January 8th, 2009 at 12:07 pm, RetFireman said:

    On January 8th, 2009 at 10:40 am, Vic said:

    You just *know* how the Obamedia is going to spin this.

    I think it’s cute the way you think they will be reporting on it at all.

  39. #586468
    On January 8th, 2009 at 12:31 pm, fighterDC said:

    It is me or is this just an injunction for next time?

    Will there be an punitive action? Will they have to pay fines for this year’s violation? Will leaders of the group be criminally prosecuted?

  40. #586518
    On January 8th, 2009 at 12:56 pm, wighttrasch said:

    How many ‘Shabazzes’ do they want? Is it lack of imagination, or does the name come with some obscure ‘importance’ bestowed upon the namee?

    Ahh, nevermind. I don’t really want to know, or care.

  41. #587090
    On January 8th, 2009 at 11:56 pm, combat18 said:

    If they had been KKK or other whites, they would have been arrested and charged. Why aren’t these black thugs arrested?

  42. #587535
    On January 9th, 2009 at 1:01 pm, conservative in europe said:

    This is another case of Zimbabwe envy.. Dems want the USA to be a cesspool of corruption and starvation where we have “no cases of cholera” because our fearless leader says so.. and the press agrees.

    They should be jailed. This is a vile desecration of everything America should be. Please, suing them? Does the term, “blood from a turnip” mean anything? Classic demothink ..

  43. #588005
    On January 9th, 2009 at 11:10 pm, Jean said:

    GO MICHELLE!

    I love that segment she did on Bill O Reilly. Heck I love every segment she does on TV lol ;) .

    MICHELLE MALKIN 2012 !

  44. #618204
    On February 11th, 2009 at 5:14 am, travlinman said:

    Heck with lawsuits or injunctions. I rather hope that some of those thugs are standing at my polling place this May. Ol’ trav will give them a quick tutorial in Constitutional Law. I can guarantee you they will come away skooled in the 2nd Amendment! Unless they happen to be literally ‘down with it’.

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