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  • Baton Rouge DA decides against hate crime in beating

    07/14/2013 1:19:27 PM PDT · by Altura Ct. · 30 replies
    WWLTV ^ | 7/13/2013
    A Louisiana prosecutor says he won't pursue hate crime charges against a black man accused of beating a white man and telling the victim he was in "the wrong neighborhood." The Advocate reports that Donald Ray Dickerson, 41, is charged with assaulting the man at a Baton Rouge gas station in May. East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore III said Friday that he'll prosecute Dickerson as a habitual offender, instead of hate crime charges. Moore says Dickerson faces a much longer sentence under the habitual offender law and the victim supported his decision. Under the state's habitual offender...