On June 30th, I wrote the following about the first claim of racism at the Department of Justice. Megyn Kelly had just interviewed J. Christian Adams and the word was out about the lack of concern when white folks were victims of voter intimidation.
“There is a pervasive hostility within the civil rights division at the Justice Department toward these sorts of cases,” Adams told Fox News’ Megyn Kelly.
Adams says the dismissal is a symptom of the Obama administration’s reverse racism and that the Justice Department will not pursue voting rights cases against white victims.
“In voting, that will be the case over the next few years, there’s no doubt about it,” he said.
J. Christian Adams was dismissed as a partisan hack, a right winger with an agenda.
Today, his supervisor, Christopher Coates, went against the orders of the DOJ, who told him to ignore a supoena, and spoke truth to power.
His message was disturbing. He described a division of the Department of Justice that was hostile toward defending white people and prosecuting the minorities who intimidate them:
He said civil rights attorneys stick to cases that involve minority victims, and he said the Black Panther case was dismissed following “pressure” by the NAACP and “anger” at the case within the Justice Department itself.
“That anger was the result of their deep-seated opposition to the equal enforcement of the Voting Rights Act against racial minorities and for the protection of white voters who have been discriminated against,” he said.
He said a 2005 case against a black official in Mississippi over voter intimidation claims had stirred a backlash in the department and from civil rights groups — and that the New Black Panther case was no different.
The Department of Justice dismissed the testimony, calling the investigation “thin on facts and evidence and thick on rhetoric.”
“The department makes enforcement decisions based on the merits, not the race, gender or ethnicity of any party involved,” department spokeswoman Tracy Schmaler said. “We are committed to comprehensive and vigorous enforcement of the federal laws that prohibit voter intimidation.”
Then why was the case dropped? It was already won. What was the reason to let the New Black Panther Party members off the hook?
Coates called it a “travesty of justice.”
Now before you left wing trolls start sounding off about how this guy is just another wingnut, read this:
Christopher Coates is a U.S. Justice Department official and former ACLU lawyer.
Coates’ testimony, combined with the testimony of J. Christian Adams, need to be investigated. If there are DOJ lawyers who are refusing to provide Americans the best service they can because of the color of their skin, they need to find other work. If supervisors are creating a culture where this is allowed, or even encouraged, there needs to be action as well, perhaps prosecution for civil rights violations.
But one thing is clear. There are problems in the Department of Justice. And someone needs to take a microscope to the place.
Further reading in the Rightosphere:
- Pajamas Media – Full text of testimony
- Hot Air
- Flopping Aces
- The Corner
- Confederate Yankee
- J. Christian Adams at Pajamas Media
- Gateway Pundit
- Michelle Malkin
- Power Line
CHRISTOPHER COATES IS RACIST SCUMBAG. HE JUST PURCHASED A PLANTATION IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND WANTS TO MAKE MONEY OFF THIS FABRICATED SCANDAL TO PAY FOR IT
That’s so true. Worked with that duchebag. He is biggest racist ever to be hired by the government. Wonder where he keeps his white hood.
CHRIS COATES IS RACIST AND SEXIST
J. CHRISTIAN ADAMS IS RACIST
I am a former attorney from the Housing Section and my time overlapped with both of them at the Justice Department. We attended happy hour on G Street together often. They would routinely talk about 9/11, their anger against Muslims, their belief that all Black attorneys were affirmative action hires. Chris Coates always talked about his contempt for women in leadership positions -even white women.
Chris Coates and J. Christian Adams are two of the most racist and sexist people that I have ever met. As a white male, I would sit back like a fly on the wall and listen to their views. But, I don’t share them. Chris Coates is racist and sexist. J. Christian Adams is racist.
Chris Coates and J. Christian Adams have no credibility. I feel sorry for them. I hope that other white men will distance themselves from this. I am a conservative but they give the conservative movement a bad name. Their rhetoric is transparent.
*Yawn*
Do you have any idea how tired this is? Of course you will say they are both racist and sexist. It’s in the playbook.
Tell me, hodown, why was the New Black Panther Party case dismissed like it was?
Larry Jones, Hodown and PJ are all the same person. This is the type of smear campaign the left engages in on a daily basis:
http://www.allamericanblogger.com/12272/liberal-smear-merchants-exposed-look-at-what-they-do-every-day/
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