Civil rights panel postpones vote on New Black Panthers report after member walk

[thundley4]

A federal commission had to postpone a vote on a report that criticizes the Justice Department's handling of a voter-intimidation lawsuit Friday after a Democratic panelist walked out of the meeting in protest.

The draft of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights report says that Justice tried to hide the extensive involvement of high-level political officials in the dismissal of the suit against members of the New Black Panther Party. The move, the report says, indicates that Justice's Civil Rights Division is failing to protect white voters and is "at war with its core mission of guaranteeing equal protection (under) the laws for all Americans.''

The Justice Department has strongly denied the allegations in the report, which follows the commission's year-long investigation into the Obama administration's handling of the 2008 incident. The Bush administration had filed the lawsuit against the New Black Panther Party members, but the Justice Department under the Obama administration dismissed most of the case.

The commission, which is controlled by a bloc of conservative and liberterian members, was scheduled to vote on the report Friday morning. But it could not reach a quorum because commissioner Michael Yaki, a Democratic appointee, refused to participate.

"This has been a procedural and partisan farce from the beginning,'' Yaki said in an impromptu news conference. "It's not my responsibility to make a quorum for this kangaroo court ... they want to score political points against the Obama Justice Department.''

WaPo

[Mike220]

Kangaroo court = finding and reporting the facts?

Seriously? Yaki is a ****tard moonbat that just wants to cover the Won's incompetent "Justice" Department. And DUmbasses wonder why people that think like him are about to get kicked out on the street.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

...just wants to cover the Won's incompetent "Justice" Department...

It's not incompetent when you accomplish what you intend.

I think the word you are looking for is: malfeasance.

[Mike220]

It's not incompetent when you accomplish what you intend.

I think the word you are looking for is: malfeasance.

Very true. My bad.

[true_blood]

"This has been a procedural and partisan farce from the beginning,'' Yaki said in an impromptu news conference. "It's not my responsibility to make a quorum for this kangaroo court ... they want to score political points against the Obama Justice Department.''

You ****in' liberal piece of work! You sound just like another red diaper doper baby type.