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white supremacists w/rifles? no big deal. black inmate w/baby powder? credible threat
skippy the bush kangaroo —
dave neiwert, the best writer in blogtopia and yes, we coined that phrase, writes over at firedoglake about the disparity in the colorado justice system towards threats against presidential candidates. ...
David Neiwert's Interesting Idea of Double Standards
Confederate Yankee —
David Neiwert's Interesting Idea of Double Standards Firedoglake's resident shrieker David Neiwert has his underoos in a bunch because of what his addled mind considers a racist double standard regarding how various morons have been treated after threatening presidential candidates: It seems there may be a reason federal law-enforcement officials are not interested in pursuing serious charges against the white-supremacist tweakers who were caught this week in Denver: The man making the decision is a Republican operative. And when it came to a threat against John McCain by a ...
FBI Wanted Obama Plotters Charged, But A Rove Appointee Said No
Orcinus —
[Tharin Gartrell, 28; Shawn Robert Adolf, 33; and Nathan Johnson, 32] -- by Dave We noticed last week that it was awfully peculiar that Colorado’s U.S. Attorney, Troy Eid, had so airily dismissed conspiracy charges against the three white-supremacist tweakers who were caught planning to assassinate Barack Obama at last week’s Democratic National Convention in Denver. Now it turns out that those suspicions were fully warranted: KUSA - 9Wants to Know has learned three men in Denver ...
Troy Eid and the Obama plotters: Blaming the bloggers
Orcinus —
... Eid goes on to contend that "faceless bloggers" are destroying journalistic standards by publishing "wild internet rumors" that journalists then feel compelled to run. And that, you see, is why there were questions about his handling of the tweakers case. Not, you know, because they demonstrated a clear and bizarre double standard in his enforcement of the law. ...
Can Bush's DOJ do its job in protecting Obama?
Orcinus —
... -- How often has Troy Eid ignored the FBI's recommendations in the past when it comes to filing charges in cases of this nature? (We know when it came to a black man inside a prison threatening John McCain -- despite a clear lack of capability of actually carrying out the threat -- Eid was eager and willing.) ...
