If the KKK had tried this tactic to protect “white votes”, there would have been howls of outrage in the mainstream press. Thank God that the Justice Department is willing to seek justice on a race-neutral basis by going after this group of armed thugs.

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit under the Voting Rights Act against the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense and three of its members alleging that the defendants intimidated voters and those aiding them during the Nov. 4, 2008, general election.

The complaint, filed in the United States District Court in Philadelphia, alleges that, during the election, Minister King Samir Shabazz and Jerry Jackson were deployed at the entrance to a Philadelphia polling location wearing the uniform of the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, and that Samir Shabazz repeatedly brandished a police-style baton weapon.

“Intimidation outside of a polling place is contrary to the democratic process,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Grace Chung Becker. “The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed to protect the fundamental right to vote and the Department takes allegations of voter intimidation seriously.”

Remember – this is a violent, anti-white, anti-Semitic hate group. They need to be confronted whenever they engage in such illegal acts -- just like their white cousins in the Klan. Now the question is – will the Obama Justice Department continue to pursue this case?

H/T Jawas, Malkin