DOJ investigates Nebraska parade float critical of Obama

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Washington Times:

The U.S. Department of Justice has sent a member of its Community Relations Service team to investigate a Nebraska parade float that criticized President Obama.

 

A Fourth of July parade float featured at the annual Independence Day parade in Norfolk sparked criticism when it depicted a zombie-like figure resembling Mr. Obama standing outside an outhouse, which was labeled the “Obama Presidential Library.”

 

The Nebraska Democratic Party called the float one of the “worst shows of racism and disrespect for the office of the presidency that Nebraska has ever seen.”

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In another article on this (which I can't find now) the author said that there was a cartoon that ran nationwide that had President Bush in an outhouse.

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7/15/2014

Outhouses: Public Enemy #1

Filed under: General — Dana @ 3:13 pm

[guest post by Dana]

In light of the U.S. Department of Justice sending a representative from its Community Relations Service team (which deals with racial discrimination disputes) to Nebraska because of one man’s protest float, Charles Cooke reminds us in an outstanding commentary of what we’re up against in this topsy-turvy world where any spoken criticism of this president must be racially motivated, and subsequently any efforts to protest the outcomes of his politics in an historical fashion, clearly must be racist, too.

 

Here’s the background of the Nebraska kerfuffle:

 

The Odd Fellows organized the parade. One of the floats included a zombie-like mannequin standing near an outhouse labeled “Obama Presidential Library.”

 

Further, the The Nebraska Democratic Party called the float one of the “worst shows of racism and disrespect for the office of the presidency that Nebraska has ever seen.”

 

The float’s creator, Dale Remmich, has said the mannequin depicted himself, not President Barack Obama. He said he is upset with the president’s handling of the Veterans Affairs Department.

 

“Looking at the float, that message absolutely did not come through,” said Betty C. Andrews, the president of NAACP branches in Iowa and Nebraska.

 

And here is a portion of Cooke’s critical look at it: http://patterico.com/2014/07/15/outhouses-public-enemy-1/

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What is a DOJ "Community Relations Service Team" ?

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What is a DOJ "Community Relations Service Team" ?

Yes, what is that? That's a new one.