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Mysterious Mississippi murder stokes suspicions bred by an ugly past
cnn ^ | 7/20/13 | Moni Basu

Posted on 07/20/2013 11:04:25 AM PDT by knak

Clarksdale, Mississippi (CNN) -- Beaten. Dragged. Burned.

The words leave attorney Daryl Parks' lips like a barrage of gunfire in the sanctuary of Chapel Hill Missionary Baptist Church, where people have gathered not for prayer but for answers.

Some wear "Justice for Marco" T-shirts. They are enraged over the investigation into the death of Marco McMillian, a young black gay mayoral candidate, whose broken body was discovered dumped downhill from a Mississippi River levee on February 26.

Parks' words suggest the most heinous of murders. Here in the Mississippi Delta, they conjure even more: a chilling history of racial hatred. Mississippi mayoral candidate found dead

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Espy, who first became mayor in 1989, was indicted -- and later acquitted -- on charges of conspiracy and making false statements in connection with a $75,000 bank loan to repay debts incurred in a campaign to win a congressional seat vacated by his brother Mike Espy. And Mike Espy resigned his post as agriculture secretary in the Clinton administration because of an investigation into gifts and favors from agribusiness firms. He, too, was later acquitted.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: clinton; mississippi

1 posted on 07/20/2013 11:04:26 AM PDT by knak
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To: knak

Interesting story of murder and possible corruption cover-up.


2 posted on 07/20/2013 11:05:42 AM PDT by knak (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing)
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To: knak

Gays never kill other gays,..........right?


3 posted on 07/20/2013 11:12:33 AM PDT by Doc Savage ("I've shot people I like a lot more,...for a lot less!" Raylan Givins)
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Yeah right, there’s no possibility of that. </sarc>


4 posted on 07/20/2013 11:15:38 AM PDT by knak (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing)
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To: knak

Here is a typical liberal stupidity from the article “Initial media reports implied that perhaps McMillian, described as Mississippi’s first viable openly gay candidate, was killed because of his homosexuality in a state that has no hate crime laws to protect LGBT people.”

Do they really think that someone who’s going to kill somebody would say: oh wait, I can’t kill you, there’s a hate crime law against it; never mind!


5 posted on 07/20/2013 11:18:11 AM PDT by jocon307
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6 posted on 07/20/2013 11:23:55 AM PDT by Bratch
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To: knak

Blacks trying to find some way to blame whitey for a black on black crime


7 posted on 07/20/2013 11:27:47 AM PDT by Figment
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In my opinion, this story is nothing more than an attempt to help fan the flames of racial hatred and division.

Things left unsaid, can make a story as misleading as outright lies.

It sounded to me like they wanted to point a finger at Bill Luckett but no mention of Luckett’s very famous partner in the Ground Zero blues club
There was the usual railing against the “White Power Structure”, but no mention that Clarksdale, like most Delta towns is dominated by the Black Power Structure.

They did skate around the fact that Clarksdale is one miserable town but what they neglected to mention was it is, like most Mississippi Delta towns a real $hithole.
for those of you who have never been in the Mississippi Delta, it is mostly like some third world country.

8 posted on 07/20/2013 11:33:21 AM PDT by Tupelo (The Government lies, then the media lies to cover up the government lies.)
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The only murder of anyone that I was even tangentially acquainted with was of a gay guy over a love triangle at a place where I worked several years before I worked there. He was dead long before I got there, but they were still talking about it.

Gays are volatile and unstable by their very nature. That's why their life expectancy is about 20 years shorter than straights.

9 posted on 07/20/2013 11:44:23 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Who knew that one day professional wrestling would be less fake than professional journalism?)
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I donno. Anyone know where George Zimmerman was during the time of his murder? Maybe Holder will investigate Zimmerman for this?


10 posted on 07/20/2013 11:52:29 AM PDT by Uncle Lonny
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To: Tupelo

Blacks rule on both sides of the river in the Delta. And black juries aren’t likely to convict a black guy of a crime against a white. Things have reversed.


11 posted on 07/20/2013 12:11:58 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (If you vote for evil because you can't see evil, you ARE evil!)
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To: Tupelo
like most Mississippi Delta towns a real $hithole. for those of you who have never been in the Mississippi Delta, it is mostly like some third world country.

I spent a little time in the 60s in and around "Mississippi Delta towns" and couldn't believe the grinding poverty, don't know if it's still the same. I have seen the same kind of poverty on Indian Reservations too.

Don't know the cause or the cure but highly suspect the cause may be the government trying to cure it.

12 posted on 07/20/2013 12:14:36 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (_.. ._. .. _. _._ __ ___ ._. . ___ ..._ ._ ._.. _ .. _. .)
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13 posted on 07/20/2013 1:18:54 PM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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Don't know the cause or the cure but highly suspect the cause may be the government trying to cure it.

They started off poor, and with the government's 'help' have become poorer, but with even LESS desire to get out of their situation.

14 posted on 07/20/2013 1:37:36 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: knak
They are enraged over the investigation into the death of Marco McMillian, a young black gay mayoral candidate...

Queers kill each other all the time, or his opponent could be cut from the Clinton mold and this could a case of Mississippi-Arkancide. Nothing to see here...

15 posted on 07/20/2013 1:47:19 PM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed &water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: Doc Savage
Gays never kill other gays,..........right?

I heard a couple that Obama knew were murdered...

16 posted on 07/21/2013 2:40:36 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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