
Blacks don't get hate crimes charges for their racist attacks on Indians and Whites in Mississippi. JACKSON, Miss. -- The Deryl Dedmon case has reached national news status, featured more than once on CNN, most recently in last weekend's special, "Is Mississippi Still Burning?" Dedmon, 19, of Brandon, is accused of seeking out, running down and killing James Craig Anderson, a 49-year-old black man. In a special report aired by 16 WAPT News, Scott Simmons investigated the conversations taking place afterward and whether it should be pursued as a hate crime or as a murder case prosecuted like any other. The evidence was captured by the surveillance cameras at the Metro Inn, which is on Ellis Avenue, where the June 26 hit-and-run took place. Prosecutors have said that the surveillance video is apparent evidence of the beating and robbery of Anderson. Witnesses said at one point one of the assailants reportedly yelled out, "white power," pumping his fist in the air as he did so. The video shows minutes later the truck, which prosecutors said was driven by Dedmon, hopped a curb and then ran Anderson down. On top of capital murder charges, Hinds County District Attorney Robert Smith has charged Dedmon with a hate crime. A move that, if convicted, could double Dedmon's sentence. But Surrinder Singh, of the Indian Store Owners Association, said the charges set a double standard. Singh points to an Indian store owner shot allegedly by a black man in September. Singh said it was <b>...</b>
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