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salin

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Mon Feb 16, 2015, 04:43 PM Feb 2015

Grand Jury Indicts Judge Who Allegedly Attacked Disabled Black Man [View all]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mississippi-judge-indicted-attack-black-man

A white Mississippi Justice Court Judge who allegedly struck and yelled "run, n---er, run," at a mentally disabled black man in May has reportedly been indicted.

On Thursday, a grand jury served Justice Bill Weisenberger an indictment for simple assault on a vulnerable adult, the Clarion-Ledger reported.


according to the link - a the judge is accused of some instances of racially-based misapplications of justice - including charging and jailing an African American man of the non-existent charge of "roaming livestock."


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