Whistle blower testifies about DOJ Civil Rights Division's hostile environment

Washington Post:

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Former voting section chief Christopher Coates, who was transferred to the U.S. attorney's office in South Carolina in the midst of a controversy over the New Black Panther Party voter intimidation case, testified Friday morning before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Justice Department officials strongly dispute his allegations against the agency.

The federal panel is investigating whether the Justice Department's civil rights division mishandled a lawsuit it filed against members of the New Black Panther Party several weeks before President Obama took office. The suit was focused on the party and two of its members, who stood outside a polling place in Philadelphia on Election Day 2008 wearing paramilitary gear. They were captured on video and were accused of trying to discourage some people from voting. One carried a nightstick.

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On Friday, Coates, who said he was testifying before the commission as a whistleblower and in violation of his Justice supervisor's instructions, said that there is a "hostile atmosphere" in the civil rights division that did not "reflect race-neutral policies." He said the country's major civil rights organizations are also biased against race-neutral enforcement.

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The Washington Times reports:

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He said the election of President Obama allowed those most opposed to "race-neutral enforcement" to move into leadership positions against the Civil Rights Division. One of those officials, then-acting Assistant Attorney General Loretta King, ordered the dismissal of the New Black Panther case.

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The Washington Times has reported, however, that the decision came after an April 2009 meeting with Associate Attorney General Thomas J. Perrelli, the department's No. 3 political appointee, according to interviews with lawyers familiar with the case.

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It will be interesting to see how the DOJ will treat Coates after his testimony. They may try to find a more remote exile location for him now. It seems clear that some in the Civil Rights Division do not believe whites are entitled to civil rights. The State of Arizona has been the subject of several goof suits by the division which suggest it could use some adult supervision.

Comments

  1. Pegasus2:56 PM

    So what? You don`t really think the crap we have in Washington will do anything about it..do you?
    There`re all chicken shit,greedy scum.
    Americans will just stand there,and do NOTHING!

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