Paris, Texas in the month of September, 24-year old Brandon McClelland, a black man was hit by a pickup truck driven by two White men, and dragged until his body tore literlaly into pieces. The McClelland incident comes 10 years after James Byrd was killed in Jasper, another east Texas town. For those that may not recall the incident, Byrd was chained to the back of a pickup truck and dragged for three miles. Since the recent dragging death of Brandon McClelland, various members of the New Black Panther Party along with the Nation of Islam recently met at a Lamar County Courthouse to bring attention to the "lynching" case of McClelland. During the trip to the courthouse, over 200 protesters joined the parties chanting "No justice, No peace." Paris, TX is a town that is known for its tense relationships between Blacks and Whites. So far, authorities are saying that the two suspects purposely ran over and killed McClelland after an argument took place while the three were on their way home from a beer run.
McClelland's body was dragged about 70 feet beneath a pickup truck, and even with all of the visible evidence, authorities are still disputing that racism was the reasoning behind McClelland's death. Repeadeatly stating the victims long time friendship with the two suspects, authorities are also comparing McClelland's death with Byrd's, stating that he was ran over, and not chained to the back of a truck as Byrd was.
Do you think that this was a senseless act? -OR- Do you believe that this is another case of racisim?
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