Originally posted by: OCguy
Those racist morons will go on with thier lives with an IQ of about 50, and will be forgotten by everyone until 2012, where they can show their ignorance again.
Claims were dismissed against the other defendants based on a careful assessment of the facts and the law.
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
BASTARDS OF THE PARTYOriginally posted by: techs
Well, I checked Wiki for the Crips:Originally posted by: Red Dawn
When the BPP disbanded many of the members went on to join the CRIPS which at first was a Political Activist party. Just search for articles about the origin of both the Crips and the Bloods and the BPP is predominatly mentioned.Originally posted by: n yusef
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
:roll: BTW do you know what the old Blank Panthers morphed into? The Crips and the Bloods.
:roll: Source, plz.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crips
And the Black Panthers are mentioned twice:
Gang activity in South Central Los Angeles has its roots in a variety of factors dating back to the 1950s and 60s including: post-World War II economic decline leading to joblessness and poverty, racial segregation leading to the formation of black "street clubs" by young African-American men who were excluded from organizations such as the Boy Scouts, and the waning of black nationalist organizations such as the Black Panther Party and the Black Power Movement
People in the neighborhood then began calling them cripples, or "Crips" for short.[17] The name had no political, organizational, cryptic, or acronymic meaning. Williams, in his memoir, further discounted claims that the group was a spin-off of the Black Panther Party or formed for a community agenda, the name "depicted a fighting alliance against street gangs?nothing more, nothing less", Williams wrote
Wiki doesn't mention the Black Panther party on its Bloods page at all , so this would seem to contradict that the Crips were formed from the Black Panther Party.
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The CRIPs were not always the gang-bangers they are known to be. The CRIPs were formed in 1969. Raymond Washington, a high school student at the time founded the organization in response to the increasing level of police harassment of the Black community.
CRIPs stood for Community Resources for Independent People. It was styled on the Black Panther Party .
Originally posted by: wkabel23
From Washington Times:
"Justice Department political appointees overruled career lawyers and ended a civil complaint accusing three members of the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense of wielding a nightstick and intimidating voters at a Philadelphia polling place last Election Day, according to documents and interviews.
The incident - which gained national attention when it was captured on videotape and distributed on YouTube - had prompted the government to sue the men, saying they violated the 1965 Voting Rights Act by scaring would-be voters with the weapon, racial slurs and military-style uniforms.
Career lawyers pursued the case for months, including obtaining an affidavit from a prominent 1960s civil rights activist who witnessed the confrontation and described it as "the most blatant form of voter intimidation" that he had seen, even during the voting rights crisis in Mississippi a half-century ago."
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I remember discussion about this incident in P&N when it happened, but I don't remember the substance of it. Regardless, this seems like a clear case of voter intimidation to me. They basically got a slap on the wrist: they can't appear at polling locations in Philadelphia on election days. :roll:
And political appointees overruling career lawyers for the Justice Dept.? Excellent, more of the same crap we've been dealing with for the past 8 years.
Originally posted by: runestone
An inquiry has been re-opened:
http://www.washingtontimes.com...ew-black-panther-case/
I've found it so hard to believe that these guys have gotten away with this so far.
Originally posted by: runestone
Yes san, racial slurs , wielding of night sticks, vocal and physical intimidation:
http://www.washingtontimes.com...t=home_cube_position1&
Originally posted by: sandorski
Originally posted by: runestone
Yes san, racial slurs , wielding of night sticks, vocal and physical intimidation:
http://www.washingtontimes.com...t=home_cube_position1&
ok, thanks. Should be investigated to the fullest extent.
Originally posted by: sandorski
Originally posted by: runestone
An inquiry has been re-opened:
http://www.washingtontimes.com...ew-black-panther-case/
I've found it so hard to believe that these guys have gotten away with this so far.
Was there "disruption"? All I remember were 2 guys standing there and a guy with a camera hassling them about their standing there.
Originally posted by: jpeyton
:laugh:
I honestly didn't think conservatives cared this much about accusations of "voter intimidation", especially after you brushed off all the stories of it in 2000 and 2004.
Originally posted by: wkabel23
I care not only about voter intimidation, but also about political appointees overruling career lawyers seeking justice.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/o...confidential/black-panther-case-80184587.html
Well, someone finally got the axe- the official who initiated charges against the people with the clubs.
Well, I checked Wiki for the Crips:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crips
And the Black Panthers are mentioned twice:
Gang activity in South Central Los Angeles has its roots in a variety of factors dating back to the 1950s and 60s including: post-World War II economic decline leading to joblessness and poverty, racial segregation leading to the formation of black "street clubs" by young African-American men who were excluded from organizations such as the Boy Scouts, and the waning of black nationalist organizations such as the Black Panther Party and the Black Power Movement
People in the neighborhood then began calling them cripples, or "Crips" for short.[17] The name had no political, organizational, cryptic, or acronymic meaning. Williams, in his memoir, further discounted claims that the group was a spin-off of the Black Panther Party or formed for a community agenda, the name "depicted a fighting alliance against street gangs?nothing more, nothing less", Williams wrote
Wiki doesn't mention the Black Panther party on its Bloods page at all , so this would seem to contradict that the Crips were formed from the Black Panther Party.
I wonder if the Democrats in congress will demand investigations over the firing of this justice department lawyer.
That you would oppose however because you believe that the members of the executive branch work at the pleasure of the president, right?
I wonder if the Democrats in congress will demand investigations over the firing of this justice department lawyer.