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In reply to the discussion: WARNING: May offend some. It's called Coon Hunting [View all]moondust
(20,002 posts)16. Reminds me of this:
Before the murder, a group of young whites were drinking in largely white Rankin County, Mississippi. According to a lawyer representing one (or more) of the perpetrators, they decided to go buy more beer in a location where stores were open later at night.[4] According to law enforcement officials, Deryl Dedmon, a white man from Brandon, Mississippi, led the group, urging his friends, "Let's go fuck with some niggers."[1][2][5] The group climbed into Dedmon's green 1998 Ford F-250 and a white Jeep Cherokee and drove 16 miles (26 km) west on Interstate 20 to a predominantly black area on the western edge of Jackson.[5]
Anderson was near his truck in the parking lot at the Metro Inn in Jackson, Mississippi, at 5 am on June 26, according to prosecutors.[1] The two vehicles pulled off the freeway and into the motel parking lot.[1][6] According to an attorney representing one of the group, they assumed that Anderson was trying to steal a vehicle because they saw him trying to break into a vehicle. The vehicle was Anderson's own; he was trying to break in because he had lost his keys.[4] The group repeatedly beat Anderson and robbed him, the district attorney said, citing reports from witnesses. Video from a motel security camera does not show any beating occurring but instead shows the perpetrators entering and leaving the frame of the video.[1][5] One witness reported that one of the perpetrators yelled white power when returning to his truck after the beating.[1]
According to Rice, the Jeep drove off, driven by William Montgomery[7] and the green pickup, driven by Dedmon, ran over Anderson, killing him. It left the scene at a high speed.[1][2][5]
After leaving the scene, Dedmon boasted about beating and running Anderson over, while using racial slurs, saying[1][5] "I ran that nigger over" to the accomplices in the other Jeep.[5][8] Law enforcement officials indicated that Dedmon repeated that statement with the racial slur in subsequent conversations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Craig_Anderson
Anderson was near his truck in the parking lot at the Metro Inn in Jackson, Mississippi, at 5 am on June 26, according to prosecutors.[1] The two vehicles pulled off the freeway and into the motel parking lot.[1][6] According to an attorney representing one of the group, they assumed that Anderson was trying to steal a vehicle because they saw him trying to break into a vehicle. The vehicle was Anderson's own; he was trying to break in because he had lost his keys.[4] The group repeatedly beat Anderson and robbed him, the district attorney said, citing reports from witnesses. Video from a motel security camera does not show any beating occurring but instead shows the perpetrators entering and leaving the frame of the video.[1][5] One witness reported that one of the perpetrators yelled white power when returning to his truck after the beating.[1]
According to Rice, the Jeep drove off, driven by William Montgomery[7] and the green pickup, driven by Dedmon, ran over Anderson, killing him. It left the scene at a high speed.[1][2][5]
After leaving the scene, Dedmon boasted about beating and running Anderson over, while using racial slurs, saying[1][5] "I ran that nigger over" to the accomplices in the other Jeep.[5][8] Law enforcement officials indicated that Dedmon repeated that statement with the racial slur in subsequent conversations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Craig_Anderson
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i have a whole family of them that eat my cat's food and turn over my garbage cans
arely staircase
Jul 2013
#63
Well, one doesn't get a coon skin hat or coon skin coat without hunters... that's true.
Tigress DEM
Jul 2013
#59
Years ago I heard a member of my family who was from Tenn. use that racial term more than once.
lumpy
Jul 2013
#36
Bluetick Coonhounds are one of my absolute favorite dogs to look at, pet, etc.
arely staircase
Jul 2013
#39
I heard of that case. That sort of racism is why I have no interest in being exposed to that
lumpy
Jul 2013
#37
It went from "coons" to "goons" to "punks" with the power of the "Liberal Media".
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2013
#35
It seems even more clear on the original tape. I caught it right away. Other people also
lumpy
Jul 2013
#38
I've listened to it over and over. From the first day it was available, in headphones, about
Hissyspit
Jul 2013
#90
I was in a used book store one day in S. Carolina when I struck up a conversation with the owner
graywarrior
Jul 2013
#93
About 20 years ago my brother and his new wife went to a "Duck Unlimited" dinner here in FL.
reusrename
Jul 2013
#92