"The New Black Panther case stemmed from an Election Day incident on Nov. 4, 2008, when two party members, dressed in black clothing, were filmed standing outside a polling station in a majority-black precinct in Philadelphia on Election Day in November 2008. One was holding a night stick, and was eventually directed to leave by the police. The party later posted a statement on its website disavowing the incident.
Days before the Bush administration left office, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division filed a voter intimidation lawsuit against both men, the party and its national leader. But several months later, a career official serving as acting supervisor of the division concluded that the case was too sweeping and downsized it to target only the man with the nightstick."
Conyers Releases Report on Panther Case
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