Racism strikes once again in Mississippi, discrimination at the polls!

[Schadenfroh]

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MACON, Miss., Dec. 28, 2005 ? In overwhelmingly black and Democratic Noxubee County, Miss., everybody knows local Democratic Party Chairman Ike Brown.

Officials at the U.S. Justice Department know Brown too; they're suing him.

Using the 1965 Voting Rights Act, the government has alleged that Brown and local elections officials discriminated against whites. It is the first time the Justice Department has ever claimed that whites suffered discrimination in voting because of race.

"When I read the letter, it was junk, you know, bogus," Brown told ABC News.

The Justice Department says Brown and local elections officials disenfranchised whites ? challenging their voting status, rejecting their absentee ballots and telling voters to choose candidates according to race.

Brown says he has merely tried to keep white Republicans from voting in Democratic primaries. He says the lawuit is all political ? an attempt to discredit him because the Democratic Party in eastern Mississippi has been doing so well at bringing new voters to the polls, which may mean someday soon that Mississippi, a red state, could turn blue.

"The Justice Department's become an arm of the RNC," Brown said.

The Justice Department would not comment, but county prosecutor Ricky Walker is a potential witness for the government. Walker was surprised when Brown recruited a black candidate who didn't even live in the county to run against him. Walker, after all, is a Democrat.

"Mr. Brown seems to favor black candidates," Walker said. "He's always encouraged blacks to vote strictly for the black candidates."

Unapologetic About Bias

Brown is unapologetic.

He says some local white Democrats aren't "true" Democrats.

"We support the black candidates because we're sure they're going to vote in the liberal interest," Brown said.

You heard it from the source, white people cannot be democrats or liberals!

 

[Arcex]

Damn, now I need to find a new party. I can't be a Republican, I don't make enough money...

 

[DealMonkey]

And here I am wondering why this year-old article is considered news...

 

[miketheidiot]

necromancy ftw.

 

[TheRyuu]

Originally posted by: DealMonkey
And here I am wondering why this year-old article is considered news...

:thumbsup:
Unless it's a typo and was meant for last Dec.

 

[ProfJohn]

Originally posted by: wizboy11

Originally posted by: DealMonkey
And here I am wondering why this year-old article is considered news...

:thumbsup:
Unless it's a typo and was meant for last Dec.

Here is a more recent story, it seems the trial just started:

A groundbreaking case got underway Tuesday in federal court in Jackson. For the first time, the 1965 Voting Rights Act is being used in a case of alleged discrimination against Whites in East Central Mississippi.

"This is all about one person. The Justice Department doesn't like Ike Brown, and they have orders to get him," Ike Brown's attorney, Wil Colom, said Tuesday.

Ike Brown is accused of "relentless voting-related racial discrimination." "Were you just trying to get more Blacks in Office?" we asked him. "No," he said. "They get in on their own. People go to the polls and vote their choice."

Brown serves as chairman of the Democratic Committee in Noxubee County, where the population is 70 percent Black.

The only white elected official there, a prosecutor, testified Tuesday Brown recruited an ineligible Black candidate in the Jackson area to run against him.

The two year Justice Department investigation also revealed absentee ballots from White voters were rejected. And whites were kept from voting in the democratic primary and from working at the polls.

"I understand they have complaints," Colom said. "But you have to accept the reality of what's happened in Mississippi, and they've contributed more to this problem than any of the Blacks who run the Democratic Party."

Colom wouldn't answer to the specific charges against Brown and the Democratic Party. He'd only say Brown's aggressive tactics were part of a bitter battle for Black representation in Noxubee County.

The case is gaining national attention as a first claiming reverse discrimination. But Colom said, "I don't think the case is significant at all, because there's no history of discrimination against Whites in Mississippi."

Federal prosecutors couldn't speak with us on camera, but if they're successful, Brown could be removed from his position and the Democratic Committee in Noxubee County could face fines.

US District Judge Tom Lee is hearing the case. He will rule without a jury.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: ProfJohn

Originally posted by: wizboy11

Originally posted by: DealMonkey
And here I am wondering why this year-old article is considered news...

:thumbsup:
Unless it's a typo and was meant for last Dec.

Here is a more recent story, it seems the trial just started:

A groundbreaking case got underway Tuesday in federal court in Jackson. For the first time, the 1965 Voting Rights Act is being used in a case of alleged discrimination against Whites in East Central Mississippi.

"This is all about one person. The Justice Department doesn't like Ike Brown, and they have orders to get him," Ike Brown's attorney, Wil Colom, said Tuesday.

Ike Brown is accused of "relentless voting-related racial discrimination." "Were you just trying to get more Blacks in Office?" we asked him. "No," he said. "They get in on their own. People go to the polls and vote their choice."

Brown serves as chairman of the Democratic Committee in Noxubee County, where the population is 70 percent Black.

The only white elected official there, a prosecutor, testified Tuesday Brown recruited an ineligible Black candidate in the Jackson area to run against him.

The two year Justice Department investigation also revealed absentee ballots from White voters were rejected. And whites were kept from voting in the democratic primary and from working at the polls.

"I understand they have complaints," Colom said. "But you have to accept the reality of what's happened in Mississippi, and they've contributed more to this problem than any of the Blacks who run the Democratic Party."

Colom wouldn't answer to the specific charges against Brown and the Democratic Party. He'd only say Brown's aggressive tactics were part of a bitter battle for Black representation in Noxubee County.

The case is gaining national attention as a first claiming reverse discrimination. But Colom said, "I don't think the case is significant at all, because there's no history of discrimination against Whites in Mississippi."

Federal prosecutors couldn't speak with us on camera, but if they're successful, Brown could be removed from his position and the Democratic Committee in Noxubee County could face fines.

US District Judge Tom Lee is hearing the case. He will rule without a jury.

Yeh, the trial just started, I was watching it on the news last night and the article in the OP was the most detailed about the situation.

 

[techs]

While what was done was wrong people are using it as an attempt to equate a major Republican party national attempt at vote stealing projects with that of a small group of Democrats in a single county.
There is no comparison

 

[ayabe]

This isn't so shocking to me. I have been to Mississippi a few times and you can actually feel the racial tension in the air. There is still a lot of resentment there...on both sides.

 

[techs]

Originally posted by: ayabe
This isn't so shocking to me. I have been to Mississippi a few times and you can actually feel the racial tension in the air. There is still a lot of resentment there...on both sides.

H*ll yeah.
Which is why Obama doesn't stand a chance.

 

[jman19]

This guy is an idiot, like most politicians.

 

[Genx87]

These are white republicans, as you can see by the lefties in this thread. Their rights dont matter, we should only care when it is democrats being disenfrachised.