Fifth Illinois Hate Crimes Panelist Resigns

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Fifth Ill. Hate Crimes Panelist Resigns
By ANN SANNER, Associated Press Writer

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A fifth member of the state's hate crimes commission resigned Wednesday in a controversy over another panel member who is a high-ranking official in the Nation of Islam.

All five departing members of the Governor's Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes are Jewish.

Alan Spellberg, a supervisor in the Cook County State's Attorney's office, said in his resignation letter that the commission has been "damaged beyond repair" by recent events and that he can "no longer participate in good conscience."

He would not comment beyond what was in the letter.

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Criticism of her has mounted since she invited other commissioners to attend a speech last month by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan in which he referred to "Hollywood Jews" promoting homosexuality and "other filth."


For those who try to condemn me because of the honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan's remarks ... which were perceived by some as anti-Semitic, it's ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous," Muhammad said during an appearance on WVON-AM in Chicago.




How exactly is that not anti-semitic?