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In reply to the discussion: What would happen if say several African American males showed up in the most white geographic [View all]HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)48. not only was it an aa neighborhood, the polling site was in low-income housing & one of the two guys
lived in the building.
and despite all the talk about how the men were using racial slurs, etc. etc. -- i haven't been able to find any video of such a thing.
Minister King Shabazz carried a billy club, and is reported to have pointed it at voters while both men shouted racial slurs,[5] including phrases such as "white devil" and "you're about to be ruled by the black man, cracker.
here's all i found:
whoever was speaking (which you can't see, nor can you hear anything before or after) said "that's why you're going to be ruled by A black man" (obama, obviously).
whoever put up the video billed it as "you're gonna be ruled by THE black man."
one wonders who all these white crackers were that were voting at public housing in a black neighborhood.
Only 34 whites live in Precinct 4 in Philadelphia out of a total population of 970, according to census data. But there was a sea of white faces there that day, mainly Republican lawyers whod come to monitor the polling station in what, since the disputed 2000 presidential election, has become an election-day ritual for both parties.
http://www.mainjustice.com/tag/jerry-jackson/
another funny thing about the case is that at least one of the two panthers is supposedly not an obama fan:
[Obama] is a puppet on a string. I dont support no black man running for white politics. I will not vote for who will be the next slavemaster, he told the Philadelphia Daily News days before the election, according to Politico.
http://www.mainjustice.com/tag/jerry-jackson/
frankly, the whole thing smells like a set-up.
i see a lot of suits.
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WCGreen
Aug 2012
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not only was it an aa neighborhood, the polling site was in low-income housing & one of the two guys
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#48
strange that you cared enough to argue the point for a moment, though. don't know about you,
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#50
Did the people in those photos challenge the voting status of white people?
Cali_Democrat
Aug 2012
#8
one was a certified poll watcher. the one with the nightstick was escorted off the premises
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#46
That Fox Noise would stoop to that level of dishonesty should not surprise anyone.
Zalatix
Aug 2012
#34
Worked a couple of polls out there in Ward 1, handing out the slate to voters....
WCGreen
Aug 2012
#29
I'm a white Tommy Chong look-a-like and I'm thinking of doing that at MY polling place.
HopeHoops
Aug 2012
#28