Second Thoughts on the New Black Panthers

by Dave Weigel

Adam Serwer the claim he made yesterday about the timing of the case against the
New Black Panther Party -- the claim I linked, a bit too hastily.

I wrote my yesterday about the Justice Department's decision not to pursue criminal charges against the NBPP during the Bush administration because I had seen conservatives arguing that it was made by the Obama administration. It wasn't. I did not mean to suggest that the civilcase, which the DoJ dropped in May of last...