What if things were reversed in Hughes case?
Regarding the trial of the young men who broke into a home and ended up being shot in the back some time ago.
What if some Caucasian fraternity boys ran out of beer and boogied to their favorite African American supplier who drove them off with a shotgun when the frat boys got violent? What if the African American supplier shot two of the boys in the back? What if the third Caucasian frat boy got arrested later, and the African American district attorney charged him with murder while charging the African American supplier with nothing?
What if the mostly African American county had a history of racism? What if lies were spread about the amount of violence done to the African American family, and yet the judge wanted the case tried there in that county where the shootings occurred?
When the local Caucasian citizen”s council protested the location, a circuit judge moved the case to a more racially balanced county. Most of the African Americans in the mostly African American nation wrote letters to editors arguing for their right to execute the Caucasian frat boy who had tried to run away. The blogs and hate radio talk show were full of outraged African American citizens. Just what if?
Edwin Christwitz
Clearlake
