Ex-DOJ official blasts voting rights enforcement

[The Northerner]

WASHINGTON — An official who formerly monitored civil rights for the Justice Department said on Friday that his higher-ups told lawyers they are not interested in pursuing Voting Rights Act accusations against minorities who harass white voters.

A large number of people inside the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division "believe, incorrectly but vehemently, that enforcement of the VRA should not be extended to white voters but should be limited to protecting racial, ethnic and language minorities," said Christopher Coates, the former chief of the Justice Department's Voting Section.

Coates, who ran the Voting Section under President George W. Bush, testified in front of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, which is looking into the department's handling of voting rights accusations against the New Black Panther Party in Philadelphia.

Coates now works for the U.S. attorney in South Carolina.

The Justice Department denies the accusation.

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[EFerrari]

1. Why is this story being recycled NOW?

This was blasted at nutcase sites this summer. The link below is to WorldNutDaily, July. Warning!

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=175729

[Odin2005]

2. Fuck that noise!