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The New Black Panther Party voter intimidation case was a political controversy in the United States concerning an incident that occurred during the 2008 election.Two weeks before George W. Bush left office, the New Black Panther Party and two of its members, Minister King Samir Shabazz and Jerry Jackson, were sued by the Department of Justice on claims of voter intimidation for their conduct ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 January 2025. For similarly named organizations, see Black panther (disambiguation) § Political organizations. Political party New Black Panther Party Chairperson Krystal Muhammad Founder Aaron Michaels Founded 1989 ; 36 years ago (1989) Headquarters Dallas, Texas, U.S. Ideology Black nationalism ...
[97] [98] The Philadelphia incident became known as the New Black Panther Party voter intimidation case. [99] [100] [101] No complaints were filed by voters about the incident, though poll watchers witnessed some voters approach the polls and then turn away, apparently in response to the NBPP members. [102]
Alleged instance of voter intimidation in Philadelphia during the 2008 US presidential election. In May 2009, Holder's Department of Justice completed a civil suit originally brought by J. Christian Adams of the Bush Justice Department against the New Black Panther Party , its chairman, and two of its members for voter intimidation due to their ...
This year, 98% of voters — including every single voter in the battleground states — will cast paper ballots. So the chance of electronic vote-tampering is minuscule.
A federal jury in Texas on Monday rejected voter intimidation allegations against all but one of a group of former President Donald Trump supporters who surrounded a Biden-Harris campaign bus.
An 18-year-old was arrested outside a Florida polling location Tuesday after police said he wielded a machete in order to intimidate voters. In a press conference after the arrest, Neptune Beach ...
In December 2009, Adams's supervisor and Civil Rights Division attorney Christopher Coates stepped down as chief of the voting division in December 2009 amid controversy over his objections to the dropping of the New Black Panther Party voter intimidation case.