Earlier this month in Jackson, Mississippi, an African American man by the name of James Craig Anderson (seen above-l) age 49 years old, lost his life to an ignorant and racist act.
A White teenager by the name of Deryl Dedmon (seen above-r), used his Ford F250 pickup truck to run over and kill Mr. Anderson.
This horrible incident was caught on a department stores parking lot video camera surveillance, and thank goodness it was! Which is why I'm having trouble understanding why this young man is even having a trial?
He and his friends were caught red-handed on tape brutally beating and then murdering a human being, all while chanting racial epithets of "White Power" according to witnesses.
Why is there a need to prove the case, when the courts already have hard core evidence to put Deryl Dedmon under the jail?
A White teenager by the name of Deryl Dedmon (seen above-r), used his Ford F250 pickup truck to run over and kill Mr. Anderson.
This horrible incident was caught on a department stores parking lot video camera surveillance, and thank goodness it was! Which is why I'm having trouble understanding why this young man is even having a trial?
He and his friends were caught red-handed on tape brutally beating and then murdering a human being, all while chanting racial epithets of "White Power" according to witnesses.
Why is there a need to prove the case, when the courts already have hard core evidence to put Deryl Dedmon under the jail?
"This was a crime of hate", Hinds County District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith, told CNN in a report aired Sunday. "The evidence will show that."
The two 18 year old's drove 15 miles to Jackson, in search of a black man to attack, prosecutors said.
At least five other teens are believed to have acted with Deryl Dedmon, but so far none have been charged.
The two 18 year old's drove 15 miles to Jackson, in search of a black man to attack, prosecutors said.
At least five other teens are believed to have acted with Deryl Dedmon, but so far none have been charged.
On a Face book page set up by Dedmon’s supporters the teen’s great aunt said, “He is not a racist or a murderer…. If anything, he is being tried by the media, suffering from reverse racism and placed in jail without bond. I am sick of the race card.”
The aunt of Mr. Dedmon must be delusional as her nephew beat and ran over a human being with his truck until he was dead simply because he was Black, how is that not racism?
While killing Mr. Anderson, witnesses confessed to hearing Mr. Dedmon along with his friends yelling racial slurs while carrying out their killing spree, so his aunt's opinion appears to be irrelevant.
Why should the media be blamed for covering national news, and making all aware that the state of Mississippi hasn't changed much since the Emmet Till days?
Honestly, if the great aunt is crying out that her nephew is innocent of these crimes, then it only makes it more obvious where his ideology comes from.
While killing Mr. Anderson, witnesses confessed to hearing Mr. Dedmon along with his friends yelling racial slurs while carrying out their killing spree, so his aunt's opinion appears to be irrelevant.
Why should the media be blamed for covering national news, and making all aware that the state of Mississippi hasn't changed much since the Emmet Till days?
Honestly, if the great aunt is crying out that her nephew is innocent of these crimes, then it only makes it more obvious where his ideology comes from.
All children born into this world are completely ignorant. They know nothing until it is taught to them, like a computer that is programmed to act a certain way. So when you have a bunch of racist people having babies, what do you think those innocent children are going to learn growing up in a house like that? The children have no choice but to become a product of their environment, unless they seek to educate themselves outside of the madness.
I've traveled through the state of Mississippi once before, and I'll gladly confess that it's a state I never want to go back too. My spouse and I were lost and needed directions to get back to the highway, so we walked into a store that looked like a run down shack. The town was small, and there were only dirt roads; no sidewalks.
We entered the store smiling as we always do, but we were met with frowns. Immediately, the cashier ducked underneath the counter -- literally. As we looked in the other workers direction for assistance, she stood in complete shock as if she saw a ghost and then turned her back to us without a word.
We asked for directions to get back to the highway, and the cashier directed us all while hiding beneath the counter -- never once did we make eye contact.
My spouse and I couldn't come up with any other reason of why we were treated so poorly, other than the fact that we were black in Mississippi.
We entered the store smiling as we always do, but we were met with frowns. Immediately, the cashier ducked underneath the counter -- literally. As we looked in the other workers direction for assistance, she stood in complete shock as if she saw a ghost and then turned her back to us without a word.
We asked for directions to get back to the highway, and the cashier directed us all while hiding beneath the counter -- never once did we make eye contact.
My spouse and I couldn't come up with any other reason of why we were treated so poorly, other than the fact that we were black in Mississippi.
This story is very much true and is testimony to how racist people can be, especially in the state of Mississippi. There's a lot of work to be done with people in the Southern states, who still live as if slavery was never abolished.
With that said we should start with justice for James Craig Anderson, a man who did nothing wrong but was made an example out of for all the world to see, that racism is alive and well in 2011.
With that said we should start with justice for James Craig Anderson, a man who did nothing wrong but was made an example out of for all the world to see, that racism is alive and well in 2011.
The Things That Make You Go Hmmmm...
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