Ex-Justice Department lawyer says Black Panther case shows rights of white voters are ignored

Jesse Washington

7/7/2010

Witnesses described an ugly scene: Two members of the New Black Panther Party threatening white voters the day Barack Obama was elected president, flinging insults like “white devil” and “you’re about to be ruled by the black man, cracker.”

The fallout from the case has become even uglier. Most charges against the men were dropped for lack of evidence, the U.S. Justice Department says. Now a former Justice Department lawyer is accusing his ex-superiors of ignoring white voters’ rights and creating a systematic “one-way” approach in which only minorities are protected.

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