Protestors Clash over Texas Dragging Death

[babsbunny]

Protestors Clash over Texas Dragging Death

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/21/national/main5176952.shtml

DALLAS, July 21, 2009

White, Black Groups Rally after Murder Charges Dropped Vs. 2 Whites in Case of Black Man Hit by Truck, Dragged 70 Feet

(AP) State police in full riot gear rushed a downtown street in this eastern Texas town Tuesday to break up a tense standoff between hundreds of black and white protesters who exchanged screams of "Black power!" and "White power!"

A skinhead carrying a Confederate flag and a shirtless white man were arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct before the protesters separated peacefully, Paris police spokesman Lt. Danny Huff said.

The conflict began with a march through downtown by about 100 black activists who were protesting the state's handling of the case of a black man who was run over and dragged by a vehicle. The demonstrators avoided a designated "protest zone" near the courthouse and marched to the town square to chants of "Black Power!" and "No Justice, no peace!"

Once there, the crowd ballooned to about 200 black people on one side of a street. Across the street were about a dozen white supremacists, including four skinheads holding Nazi swastika flags. About 30 other white people were behind them, but it was unclear if they were protesting or watching.

[JonQ]

1. The article isn't entirely clear

it sounds like it may have been an accident, and they really don't know who did it. Also they,and the protesters are making it out like this was a racially motivated crime, when there was no evidence for that.