4 more indicted on hate crime charges in 2011 attacks on blacks in Mississippi [View all]
Source: The Mississippi Link
John Louis Blalack, 20, of Brandon; Sarah Adelia Graves, 21, of Crystal Springs; Robert Henry Rice, 23, of Brandon; and Shelbie Brooke Richards, 20, of Pearl, entered not-guilty pleas Wednesday before Magistrate Keith Ball on various charges including conspiracy and committing a hate crime.
The June 2011 death of James Craig Anderson sparked a broader investigation into reports that groups of young white men and women would drive from the majority-white suburbs of Rankin County into the majority-black capital city of Jackson, seeking black people to verbally harass and physically assault, and that they would later boast about the attacks.
Prosecutors said the co-conspirators used dangerous weapons, including beer bottles, sling shots and motor vehicles, to cause, and attempt to cause, bodily injury to blacks. They would target people who appeared to be homeless or under the influence of drugs or alcohol, believing that such victims would be less likely to fight back or to report attacks to police, prosecutors said.
Anderson, a 47-year-old car plant worker, was beaten and then run over in Jackson before dawn on June 26, 2011. Prosecutors say the group of seven young men and women were at party the night of Anderson’s death when they decided to find black people to victimize and head to Jackson in two cars.
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I hope justice is finally served to everyone involved in this hideous hate crime against a man who's only crime was to be black and gay. He left a partner and two children
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