“Failure to Launch”

The love affair the mainstream media (not to be confused with ‘main street’ media) has with Obama is blatant. How much non-truth, or may I say lack of truth, reporting will the American people tolerate? The alphabet channels did not report the DOJ’s decision to drop the case of voter intimidation by a New Black Panther member in Philadelphia back in 2008. (Note: CNN and the New York Times did mention it) This event was clearly captured on camera, anyone with an ounce of intelligence could see the violation of law. But, did the Obama’s Department of Justice pursue a sentence against the accused? No, they did not. They elected to drop the case and reprimand the violator by barring him from visiting only that one polling place and agree not to carry a “deadly weapon” near a polling place for 2 more years. No jail sentence, given.

This is despicable! How can we live in a nation that is governed by Laws but have politicians who choose which laws to enforce and which laws to ignore? We cannot continue being the Greatest Nation on Earth when political appointees, with consent of the elected, use political ideologue to influence enforcement of laws.

Even after a former attorney at the DOJ blew the whistle on this case, the alphabet channels still failed, or refused, to report how this clear violation of voting laws were dropped by the Department of Justice. Former Justice attorney J. Christian Adams testified before the Civil Rights Commission that the DOJ not only abandoned the voter intimidation case for racial reasons, but had given instructions to its attorneys in the civil rights division to ignore cases that involve black defendants and white victims. Absurd!

As of Thursday, July 8th, 2010, the Civil Rights Commission agreed to renew this case but they have to go through the DOJ to pursue it. So, who’s holding the hand that feeds them? Outside of the CRC trying to pursue the case, the President is the only other person to have a say in sending this violator to trial. Will Obama pursue this case against the criminal & put the New Black Panthers on trial? This author will not hold his breath while awaiting decision. On a side note, I wonder if Obama will blame Bush for the DOJ’s lack of enforcement?