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Friday, September 24, 2010

Voting Rights Official Calls Dismissal of Black Panther Case a 'Travesty of Justice'

Top DOJ Official Calls Dismissal of Black Panther Case a 'Travesty'...

Says Department Discourages 'Race Neutral' Enforcement of Civil Rights Laws...

Published September 24, 2010
FoxNews.com

Members of the New Black Panther Party are seen outside a Philadelphia polling station in 2008. (YouTube)

Members of the New Black Panther Party are seen outside a Philadelphia polling station in 2008. (YouTube)

The Justice Department is ignoring civil rights cases that involve white victims and wrongly abandoned a voter intimidation case against the New Black Panther Party last year, a top department official testified Friday. He called the department's conduct a "travesty of justice." 

Christopher Coates, former voting chief for the department's Civil Rights Division, spoke under oath Friday morning before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, in a long-awaited appearance that had been stonewalled by the Justice Department for nearly a year. 

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