Judge allows armed monitoring of Drop Boxes

[Mac1958]

Voter ID.

I don't know if I can post any quotes to that, but I see no problem with it.

Good. Next.

 

[OKTexas]

New Black Panther Party voter intimidation case - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Representatives Frank Wolf of Virginia and Lamar Smith of Texas. Wolf was quoted by the Washington Times as asking, "If showing a weapon, making threatening statements and wearing paramilitary uniforms in front of polling station doors does not constitute voter intimidation, at what threshold of activity would these laws be enforceable?" Smith expressed skepticism at the Obama administration's stated justification for narrowing it, stating "The administration still has failed to explain why it did not pursue an obvious case of voter intimidation.

So evidently Conservatives believe that a black man carrying a Billy Club is voter intimidation while a white man carrying an AR-15 is not

Are the observers in AZ standing within a few feet of the drop boxes or are they watching from a distance? The folks in your photo had to walk within a couple of feet of the Black Panthers to get to the doors of the polling place. But hey, your selective outrage is duly noted. LMAO

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[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

“Local and federal law enforcement have been alarmed by reports of people, including some who were masked and armed, watching 24-hour ballot boxes in Maricopa County — Arizona’s most populous county — and rural Yavapai County as midterm elections near. Some voters have complained alleging voter intimidation after people watching the boxes took photos and videos, and followed voters.” ibid

This is clearly a bad-faith effort by conservatives to intimidate voters of color – perceived to be likely Democratic voters – and prevent voters of color from voting.

The right’s war on democracy continues.

Translation:
SHIT! We can't cheat again!!! Dammit!!!

 

[rightwinger]

rightwinger Biff_Poindexter Moonglow

So the right are hypocrites for being against what the black panthers did in Philly but not against what whoever it is is doing this in Az, you you 3 aren’t hypocrites for defending what the Black Panthers did in Philly but being against what whoever is doing this in Az? Is that correct?

Actually, I believed the Black Panthers should be allowed to be present but not armed.
I believe you should be allowed to watch drop boxes but AR-15s are intimidation

 

[rightwinger]

Are the observers in AZ standing within a few feet of the drop boxes or are they watching from a distance? The folks in your photo had to walk within a couple of feet of the Black Panthers to get to the doors of the polling place. But hey, your selective outrage is duly noted. LMAO

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What s the range of an AR 15 vs the range of a Nightstick?

 

[berg80]

The Obama DOJ dismissed the charges against the thug.

That is a misrepresentation of the truth.

PolitiFact - O'Reilly blames Obama admin. for not pursuing criminal charges in New Black Panther Party case

For several weeks, Fox News pundits have been hammering the Obama administration for its handling of the New Black Panth

www.politifact.com

 

[berg80]

You mean like this?

Here's the thing about the incident with the New Black Panthers. According to the judge who ruled in the AZ case just the other day what the BP's did was perfectly fine.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

with record voting.

The last thing Republicans want.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Fox News ran stories for months in 2008 about Black Panthers (armed with Night Sticks) standing outside Philadelphia polls.
Fox was outraged that Obama did not prosecute the Black Panthers.


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Where is the Fox News outrage over armed Arizona Drop Box watchers?

The black panthers were threatening people. The ballot watchers in arizona aren't. Huge difference.

 

[berg80]

The black panthers were threatening people. The ballot watchers in arizona aren't. Huge difference.

On Jan. 7, 2009, the Bush Administration Justice Department announced that it filed a civil lawsuit against the New Black Panther Party and three of its members. Specifically, they were alleged to have violated 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 aims of the lawsuit were fairly limited: "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." In other words, the aim was to make sure they didn't do something similar again in the future. This section of the law does not subject violators to criminal penalties (fines or jail time, for example).

The Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice, which handles all racially motivated voter intimidation offenses, determined that "the facts did not constitute a prosecutable violation of the federal criminal civil rights statutes," according to testimony provided by Thomas E. Perez , Assistant Attorney General, on May 14, 2010. Justice spokeswoman Tracy Schmaler confirmed to PolitiFact that that determination not to file criminal charges was made prior to the filing of the civil case.

In other words, the decision not to pursue criminal charges was made by the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division prior to the Obama administration.

 

[bripat9643]

I bet if you park outside the judge's house on and sit there with an automatic rifle and keep track of his comings and goings he's have a different take on the matter.

You had no problem with this:

 

[berg80]

You had no problem with this:

Here's the thing about the incident with the New Black Panthers. According to the judge who ruled in the AZ case just the other day what the BP's did was perfectly fine.

 

[Coyote]

Here's the thing about the incident with the New Black Panthers. According to the judge who ruled in the AZ case just the other day what the BP's did was perfectly fine.

You are ok with this, right?

 

[bripat9643]

Here's the thing about the incident with the New Black Panthers. According to the judge who ruled in the AZ case just the other day what the BP's did was perfectly fine.

It was not fine. They were obviously threating people.

 

[berg80]

Who are "the BPs?"

Black Panther's.

 

[berg80]

You are ok with this, right?

I'm simply pointing out the judge was okay with it.

 

[berg80]

It was not fine. They were obviously threating people.

See post # 214.

 

[bripat9643]

The Dems own the border mess, and they've done that with their rhetoric over several decades.

Meaningless. What should be done about it?

The wall? A band aid. I'd rather tell China to go fuck itself by making the Americas a production and distribution behemoth.

In other words, you oppose the border wall. you just have a lame excuse.

 

[bripat9643]

I'm simply pointing out the judge was okay with it.

He was a lib douchebag.

 

[Mac1958]

Meaningless. What should be done about it?
In other words, you oppose the border wall. you just have a lame excuse.

I provided a clear, independent and original plan for that.

You can't win this. You're lying, I'm not.