Change of venue GRANTED in racially charged Texas dragging-death case

[Bluebear]

Brandon McClelland

Shannon Finley

Ryan Crostley


A change of venue was granted today in a racially charged murder case in Paris, Texas.

District Judge Scott McDowell granted a defense motion to move the trials of two white men accused of running down a black acquaintance. The cases will be heard in Sulphur Springs, about 40 miles southeast of Paris.

The mangled body of Brandon McClelland, 24, was found on a Lamar County road in September.

Dallas-area activists, joined by members of McClelland's family, have organized demonstrations criticizing the legal system in Paris and demanding that the death be officially classified as a hate crime.

Shannon Finley But authorities have said there is no evidence of that.

McClelland was last seen drinking with the suspects, Shannon Finley and Ryan Crostley, who told police that they dropped him off on the roadside after a fight over who was sober enough to drive. That was the last time they saw him, they said.

The death initially looked like a hit-and-run accident, police said. But investigators say they found blood on the undercarriage of Finley's pickup, and witnesses quoted the two suspects as saying that they ran over McClelland on purpose and dragged him "about 40 feet."


http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/031309dnmetparistrial.2b31fc28.html

[babylonsister]

1. No. This sucks so bad that this is happening still.

:cry:

[BlooInBloo]

2. "racially charged" - hahahah!

It's always sickening how white folks flatly REFUSE to call other white folks racist.

White unity!

[cliffordu]

3. That's right......