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Authorities call it a hate crime by two white teens against a middle-aged black man, "murder by physically assaulting and purposefully using a 1998 Ford F-250 to run over James Craig Anderson."
A surveillance video, obtained by The Associated Press and other media, shows a white Jeep in which Rice was allegedly a passenger leaving a hotel parking lot at 5:05 a.m.
Less than 20 seconds later, a Ford truck backs up and then lunges forward. Anderson's shirt is illuminated in the headlights before he disappears under the vehicle next to the curb.
Dedmon is charged as the driver of the green Ford F-250. He's being held in the Hinds County jail on an $800,000 bond. Rice posted a $5,000 bond and was released, though Hinds County District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith said a grand jury expected to meet in the coming weeks could still indict Rice on a murder charge.
If convicted of a hate crime, the teens' sentences could be increased. Attorneys for both dispute that their clients were involved in a racially motivated attack.
Dedmon's attorney, Lee Agnew, said during a court hearing in July that he had seen nothing to back up the "racial allegations." Agnew did not respond to messages left this week by the AP.
Rice's lawyer, Samuel Martin, declined to comment this week. During a bond hearing last month, Martin suggested during a line of questioning with a police detective that Rice had no knowledge of any plan to indiscriminately attack a black man.
Jackson Police Detective Eric Smith testified that Dedmon had been robbed by a black man in the weeks before Anderson's death and was looking for "some sort of revenge" when the group left a party in Rankin County, allegedly in search of a random black person "to mess with." Seven people headed to Jackson in two cars, with Dedmon and Rice in separate vehicles.
The district attorney has said racial slurs were used during the attack and that Dedmon later bragged that he "just ran that n----- over."
The detective testified that Rice was a passenger in a white Jeep that arrived first at the hotel, which is just off Interstate 20 and next to a Wendy's. Smith said Rice saw Anderson near a car and thought he was trying to break into it. Instead, police said, Anderson had locked his keys inside his own vehicle.
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Interesting response, Harry, considering that the last thread with the same title which concerned black on white violence was met with this one:
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Originally Posted by Harry Boy
It was done constantly during the the old "Walter Cronkite Days" they pick and choose what they want you to know, thats why they hate Fox and it is also the reason Fox mops the floor with them in the ratings, Fox tells "the whole story".
You not the racist criminals will now be considered the racist for daring to speak of this "double standard" it's how the liberal mind works, you are right, if these vermin were white it would be front page for weeks.
(it's liberal racist reporting)
Last edited by Mrs.PatsFanInVa; 08-15-2011 at 01:20 PM..
Well if this had happened 10 times around the country and involved mobs of 20 to 100+ people you would have a point.
I bought up this incident previously on the other thread. Hopefully the perps get the death penalty.
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Why would a guy running someone over with a truck in Mississippi be newsworthy in Massachusetts or anywhere else other than Mississippi, crimes, murder and whatnot happen all the time across the country and seldomly do you hear a peep outside of that particular news broadcasting range.
Why would a guy running someone over with a truck in Mississippi be newsworthy in Massachusetts or anywhere else other than Mississippi, crimes, murder and whatnot happen all the time across the country and seldomly do you hear a peep outside of that particular news broadcasting range.
They try to "even out" the incidents.
Boris -"hey clyde your dog tipped my garbage over"
Clyde -"well your cat ***** on my porch"
The American people know.
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In The Absence Of Law And Order Society Will Surely Destroy Itself
The big question is how this isn't making more headlines.
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(Reuters) - A former Pennsylvania juvenile court judge was sentenced on Thursday to 28 years in prison for accepting payment to send juveniles to a for-profit detention facility in a scandal dubbed "kids for cash,".
Former Luzerne County Juvenile Court Judge Mark Ciavarella, 61, accepted nearly $1 million from a developer who built the detention facility, prosecutors said.
Under the "kids for cash" scheme, thousands of juveniles were shipped to the private center on minor or questionable charges by Ciavarella and another former judge, Michael Conahan, according to juvenile advocates.
"Mr. Ciavarella abused his position of trust and inflicted a deep and lasting wound on the community he vowed to service," U.S. Attorney Peter Smith said following the sentencing.
"The scheme involved a corrupt agreement with the operators of the for-profit juvenile facilities," Smith said. "It was a wholesale arrangement in which the judges concealed their interest and thereby did great damage to the public."
The U.S. Attorney's office called the case the "largest and most sustained political corruption inquiry" in the area.
Ciavarella was convicted in February of 12 charges, including racketeering conspiracy and money laundering.
During the trial, Ciavarella testified that the money he received from Robert Mericle, the facility's developer, amounted to "finder fees" and had no connection to the fact that he was a sentencing judge.
Al Flora, Ciavarella's attorney, said he would appeal.
Conahan, formerly the president judge of the Luzerne County court, has pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and is awaiting sentencing.
Prosecutors said Conahan closed the publicly owned Luzerne County Juvenile Detention Facility and helped arrange financing for the private facility.
Both former judges obstructed efforts to investigate the county's use of the private facility and also their financial relationships with Mericle and Robert Powell, the owner of the juvenile center, prosecutors said.
The U.S. Attorney's office said more than 30 local and state government officials and contractors have been convicted or are awaiting trial in the case.
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