PAPER: No. 3 at Justice OK'd Black Panther reversal; Case involved polling place in Philadelphia...

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By Jerry Seper

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Associate Attorney General Thomas J. Perrelli, the No. 3 official in the Obama Justice Department, was consulted and ultimately approved a decision in May to reverse course and drop a civil complaint accusing three members of the New Black Panther Party of intimidating voters in Philadelphia during November's election, according to interviews.