Fueling conservative outrage over the Justice Department’s handling of the New Black Panther Party case is the suggestion that the Obama administration refuses to pursue civil rights charges if the defendants are African-American. DOJ officials have said their decision not to pursue charges against some of the defendants originally named in a voter intimidation case filed in the final days of the Bush administration was based on the merits of the case and not the skin color of the defendants.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=116957