Linked: Voter Intimidation by Black Panthers Leads to Charges

Recall these videos from election day:





From America's Right:

PHILADELPHIA -- In a nine-page complaint, U.S. Attorney Gen. Michael Mukasey has sued the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, along with four of its members, in response to an Election Day incident at a polling location in Philadelphia, PA, citing the defendants' intimidation of voters, intimidation of poll workers, and attempted intimidation of poll workers.

On November 4, 2008, defendants and Black Panther Party members Jerry Jackson and Samir Shabazz, dressed in military-style uniforms replete with black berets, combat-style boots, bloused battle dress pants, rank and organization insignia, and black jackets, blocked access to a Philadelphia polling place. Shabazz, according to the complaint, "brandished a deadly weapon," appearing on Fox News video (see below) to be a nightstick or baton, and the pair hurled racist comments and racial slurs at voters both black and white. The complaint stated more details:

Throughout the course of this deployment at the polling location, and while the polls were open for voting, Defendant Samir Shabazz pointed the weapon at individuals, menacingly tapped it [in] his other hand, or menacingly tapped it elsewhere. This activity occcurred approximately eight to fifteen feet from the entrance to the polling location. Defendant Samir Shabazz was accompanied by Defendant Jerry Jackson during this activity, and the two men stood side by side, in apparent formation, throughout most of this deployment.

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