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If simply holding a nightstick by his side was truly intimidating, you CON$ would not have had to lie about it being brandished. Your own exaggerations, "baseball bats," "brandishing," etc., betray your OWN belief in the WEAKNESS of your argument.The absurdity of your argument is breathtaking, Ed.
I suppose if someone walks into a bank holding a gun at their side then they are not brandishing a weapon? Good luck getting that claim to hold up in court! That Black Panther chose to stand in front of that polling station holding that nightstick in his hand not because he was being a "gentleman". He was there to intimidate.
I didn't use the term baseball bat, Ed...that was someone else. I knew all along that it was a nightstick. You know if it "had" been a baseball bat I suppose you could make the rather thin case that the wielder was either coming from or going to a baseball game. Hard to have a reason to be holding a nightstick in your hand though, standing guard outside of a polling station. I challenge you to walk down a city street holding a nightstick in in your hand and NOT have people view it as menacing. All you're doing is performing intellectual contortions to keep from admitting that this was an obvious violation of the Voter Rights Act and Holder was wrong to have the case thrown out.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4MTQVMatW0&feature=related]RACIST GROUP INTIMIDATES VOTERS - YouTube[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFOKnJ0oXYY&feature=related]EJ Exclusive - Police Respond to Intimidation - YouTube[/ame]
Note the difference between the way Mr. Shabazz "brandishes" his nightstick when the first citizen approaches him and how he attempts to conceal it under his arm when the cops show up.
And this from the crowd that is hawking "open carry" of firearms all through the 50 states?
Seriously?