Was a Black Man Lynched in a Racially Divided Texas Town?

Was a Black man lynched in a racially divided Texas town?
A racially divided town’s worse fears are brewing, as evidence shows two White men might have picked up and then mutilated and dismembered a 24-year-old Black man in Paris, Texas. The victim’s body was discovered in the middle of a busy road last month. Law enforcement officials had first declared Brandon Clelland’s death a hit and run by an unidentified driver. However, forensics performed by the Texas Rangers found blood from Mr. McClelland and other DNA evidence on the undercarriage of the truck, which has the victim’s family calling the death a “Jasper-style” lynching. The term refers to the murder of a Black man in Jasper, Texas, in 1998. “They tied my son to that truck and dragged him until his body parts were detached,” said Jacqueline McClelland, the victim’s mother in an interview with The Final Call. “His body was so destroyed that it could not even be embalmed by the funeral home. This is a hate crime.” The Lamar County District Attorney disputes that race was a factor in McClelland’s death because he was friends with alleged assailants Shannon Finley and Charles Ryan Crostley. Both men are 27-years-old. However, angry family members and community activists are demanding a thorough investigation into a possible hate crime they say parallels the lynching of James Byrd Jr., in Jasper, Texas, which is several hours south of Paris.

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Comment by Lou.E (9647 fam) on November 2, 2008 at 7:30pm: Say Dolo i'm 4rm the great state of Texas homie nigga we bout ours too folk..u not even 4rm around here so u dont even know how shit works folk...we still have da klan runnin shit in small towns out here an ain't shit black people can do about it...think about it it ain't shit for a racist ass white man to become sheriff, or a D.A. hell even da mayor!!! dey work together in small towns datz where most of dem muthafuckas stay @ dey can't pull dis shit in H-Town, or D-Town, or S.A. cuz dem mutha fuckas know dat we thick dine here but can stunt wit dat bullshit in da lil towns because dey know it ain't shit for dem 2 click up an make a couple niggas disappear u feel me an scare da rest of em Texas to dis day is still arguably the most racial divided state in america along wit states like mississippi, an louisiana datz all i got 2 say about dat....as far as our rap game goes homie...we been in it since late 80's...u eva heard of geto boys, scarface...one of FEW niggaz alive or dead dat eva did a song wit 2Pac an a video too...not a sample a real song...not to mention UGK...dat Dr.Dre song I jus wanna fuck u...dat wuz Devin da Dude on dat homie...Rap A Lot been pushin records since da 80's (da down south def jam) get ya muthafuckin mind right 4 u get 2 jaw jackin bout shit u don't even know about folk

Comment by JUAN on November 2, 2008 at 10:58pm: Yo anit shit really change in America from the end of the Jim Crow Days to 2008. And white people call us animals and savages, and these mf's do sick shit like this. OBAMA TAKE THIS SHIT OVER ON TUES BIG HOMIE!