Monday, October 27, 2008

Nation of Islam, Black Panthers, NAACP say black man's death is hate crime in Paris, Texas

Members of the Nation of Islam, the New Black Panthers and the NAACP on Saturday promised protests to bring more attention to the killing of an east Texas man whose death recalls, for some, a notorious decade-old hate crime.

Speaker after speaker at a memorial service said they disagreed with the district attorney’s stance that Brandon McClelland’s death was not racially motivated.

‘‘If this is not a hate crime, then there is no such thing as a hate crime,’’ said Krystal Muhammad of the New Black Panthers. ‘‘Even though our brother was viciously slain, we will not let him die in vain.’’ Read more...


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1 comments:

blackandgay said...

What about the Witchita Massacre or the Knoxville muders. In both cases, multiple blacks gang raped and murdered whites. What should those be classified under?

If you don't care, or worse, advocate crime against whites, I say good riddance to you as well.