Allen West condemns New Black Panthers for Zimmerman 'bounty'
​Florida Congressman and Tear Party favorite Allen West is wading into the Trayvon Martin case but not to condemn his shooter, George Zimmerman...
​Florida Congressman and Tear Party favorite Allen West is wading into the Trayvon Martin case but not to condemn his shooter, George Zimmerman. West is attacked the extremist New Black Panther Party, which has offered a bounty of $10,000 for Zimmerman’s capture. The Broward-Palm Beach Times reports:
Congressman Allen West took to Facebook this afternoon to “vehemently condemn” the $10,000 bounty put out by the New Black Panther Party for the “citizen’s arrest” of George Zimmerman, the man who shot Trayvon Martin.
West called the ransom “reprehensible” and called on the Department of Justice to prosecute the group, which he’s said in the past should be put on the terror watch list.
“To openly solicit for the death of an American citizen, with reward, is not in keeping with the laws of due process which governs this Constitutional Republic,” West wrote. “However, this is to be expected when irrational voices dominate our public dialogue and are fueled by an ideological driven media
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