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Rights violations by black people. >> julie fernandez, the deputy assistant attorney general under the obama administration said that the voting section will never, or will not police while she's there -- at least while she's there, bring anymore cases against blacks or rather, national minorities. is that essentially what you heard. >> well it is. it is what i heard. >> reporter: past administrations have been accused of ignoring civil rights violations against whites or minorities. this time it's reversed. a conservative member of that, bush appointee abigail dismisses the new black panthers...

Black panthers off the hook. >> maybe it was a little favor for all of the support the new black panthers, that they gave barack obama during the election. >> reporter: all of it led the civil rights organization to commence an investigation. as part of that investigatio a former justice department attorney testified the obama administration has a double standard on race, a policy of not prosecuting possible civil rights violations by black people. >> julie fernandez, the deputy assistant attorney general under the obama administration said that the voting section will never, or will not, at l...

Assistant attorney general under the obama administration, said that the voting section will never or will not, at least while she's there, bring any more cases against blacks or other national minorities. is that essentially what you heard? >> well, it is. it is what i heard, but -- >> past administrations have been accused of ignoring civil rights violations by whites against minorities. this time, the accusation is reversed. a conservative member of that commission, bush appointee absent gail thernstrom says she would like to hear more about whether the obama administration, particularly th...

General eric holder and president obama let the new black panthers off the hook. >> maybe it was a little favor for all the support the new black panthers that they gave barack obama during the election. >> all of it has led the civil rights commission to launch an investigation into the obama administration's handling of the case. as part of that investigation, a former justice department attorney has testified that the obama administration has a double standard on race. a policy of not prosecuting possible civil rights violations by black people. >> julie fernandez, the deputy assistant atto...

The obama administration, said that the voting section will never or will not, at least while she's there, bring any more cases against blacks or other national minorities. is that essentially what you heard? >> well, it is. it is what i heard -- >> reporter: past administrations have been accused of ignoring civil rights violations by whites against minorities. this time, the accusation is reversed. a conservative member of that civil rights commission, bush appointee abigail thurnstrom, dismisses the new black panthers as not worth taking seriously but says she'd like to hear more about whet...