well, i have to say, it is rather upsetting to see a hate group with billy clubs outside a polling station.
These are not exactly the old black panthers who did things for the community, these are "the new black panthers"...a virulently anti-semitic hate group...i have had experiences with them before...they are a clownish group of thugs...
there may be no assault going on but clearly, members of a group who styles themselves paramilitary and have been known to carry knives as well in their public appearances, who are also a known an documented hate group outside a polling station reeks of intimidation.
If this was two members of the ku klux klan or the neo-nazis dressed in their similar regalia, standing outside a polling station with billy clubs, this nation would go batshit, and rightly so...there is no place for this at the polls in the USA...none....this reeks of the despicable poll intimidation of the pre-civil rights era by the clan...
it is despicable...a hate group with billy clubs in front of a polling station?
Obama or McCain or undecided or independent, anyone should see this for what it is...weapons in front of a polling station by a non-police or community authorized group, who happens to engage regularly in hate speech against both the jewish and white communities.
if this was the Klan, i would expect them to be removed IMMEDIATELY...the same shold go for the "New Black Panthers"...a group whose philosophy is totally disinherited and condemned by members of the original black panthers, who have even sued this group over their use of the name "Black Panthers" for fear of sullying the reputation of the earlier incarnation.