Black Panthers vs Fox News Reporter At Polling Place In Philadelphia (VIDEO)

Fox News' Rick Leventhal reported live from the polling place where Black Panthers were allegedly intimidating voters Tuesday afternoon.

A University of Pennsylvania student reported that a Black Panther wielding a "night stick" intimidated voters at a polling place in Philadelphia (video below). The Black Panther allegedly claimed he was "tired of white supremacy." An Obama volunteer on the scene disputed this account, saying there was no intimidation of voters occurring at the polling place.

When Leventhal went to investigate, he got into a confrontation with a Black Panther — a certified poll watcher — who denied the story and told Leventhal in no uncertain terms that he was not welcome at the polling place. Leventhal disputed his claims, citing election law which allows him to be within 10 feet of the entrance.

Leventhal could not confirm that the Black Panthers were on the scene intimidating voters, saying, "There's been no disturbances that I'm aware of, except what we've encountered here. But again, I want to make very clear, we don't know that any voters were denied entrance to this polling facility. We don't know that anyone was intimidated to the point that they decided not to vote here, but that was what some people were concerned might be happening with two Black Panthers, one of them holding a nightstick, out front."

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Comments

[isis]

They look like they are just there to help people.

[sstt]

looks like Joe the Panter to me ;-)

[wingman1]

Those bloody idiots shouldn't be there. Dressing up like that and posing with a stick. It's is pathetic. I wouldn't be surprised if Rush Limbaugh plabnted them.

[ElectronoftheOne]

The last I'd heard anything about the Black Panthers was something like 1972. Even the Wikipedia entry on Black Panthers speaks about them in the past tense as a group that was active in the 1960s and 1970s. So if these are Panthers, where have they been hiding all this time?

If the guy with the camera phone and the Fox News reporter found them so intimidating, would they really have been so confrontational in their questioning of them? Meanwhile, the voters entering and leaving the polling place in the background didn't seem to have any problem with the presence of these guys out front.

[bobbyperu]

The Black Panthers haven't been around for decades. Faux News says the guy is part of the Black Panthers because that is a way to scare older white people into action and voting for the tired old man.

[uclafan]

If anything goes wrong during this election, it is George Bush's fault

[bobbyperu]

Have the Black Panthers been in existence in the last 30 years?

[EllaBee]

God make them stop!

[Braised Cod]

For the Fox audience, "scary black people" is even bigger ratings than "missing white girls." As to the Panthers, go home and watch the opening segment of Chocolate News.

[Nia1999]

They look like Ned the wino from "Good Times" and Woodrow from "Sanford and Sons"

[BSERIUS]

isn't it odd that CNN was there and a college student was there and the police were called . Black Panthers in full metal as poll judges? kind of like the Hells Angels acting as security at a Rolling Stones concert..

[SunshineDaydream]

cnn was there?

[nicolee]

"I do not expect the white media to create positive black male images."

-Huey Newton

[jdmba]

Preach!!

[scottbee]

i guess republicans aren't used to seeing secuity guards in tough neighborhoods

time for sarah to stay in wasilla where she can work on the

Palin Bedroom Stimulus Package

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUMO6zc27gg

[Texas4Obama]

Halloween is over - take off the costumes, vote, and go home to watch the election results on TV.

Obama '08

[pokemon]

Unless they have moved from thugs to actual citizens, and by the dress I doubt it. No this is what local law enforcement if for.

This is also going to be our greatest challenge, healing the division.

[Sparty1]

Those are some 'really' intimidating Black Panthers......NOT! I thought they were joking when that flashed across the screen on Fox Noise this morning.

[Twinklestar]

Turning up with a night stick is pretty stupid, but so is going up and talking to them when they haven't so much as looked in your direction with a video phone and asking if they're causing trouble. The guy with the weapon got taken away. Why one earth did FOX feel the need to show up based on that?

[wmary82]

So is wearing white hoods