Selective prosecution.

PositionNo Comment - United States. Department of Justice files case - Brief article

The U.S. Department of Justice filed the first federal lawsuit under the Voting Rights Act accusing blacks of suppressing the rights of whites, reports The New York Times. The government says that the chairman of Mississippi's Noxubee County Democratic Executive Committee allegedly engaged in "relentless...

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