Ole Miss ain't fooling anybody with this hate crime stuff with the Meredith statue...

[bannedwayne]

I'm gonna have to disagree there. What they did was distasteful but in no way rises to the level of a Federal crime. Just take the noose off (done), find them, and kick them out of school for awhile. Or sentence them to community service and make them pay restitution to the university without kicking them out.

Agree. But I think if it was a student, they will almost certainly be kicked out (if for no other reason than their own safety).

I was only commenting that the FBI Investigates acts of vandalism with racial overtones as hate crimes. My guess in this situation is that they will find it wasn't a hate crime.

When I think of racially driven acts of vandalism I think of images such as burning crosses. This certainly doesn't reach that level of shithead, but I can see why it is being looked into.

For what it is worth, I almost wish the idiot who did this would be charged with a hate crime, just to get these ignorant ****ers away from the rest of civilized society. I would be a terrible politician/law enforcement officer.

[drunkernhelldawg]

Two African-Americans recently convicted of killing the white manager of Party City in Ridgeland. Hate crime never mentioned. I guess they murdered him out of love. A statue is much more important than a living, breathing human being evidently.

That's really not comparable. A better comparison is to cross burning. I think it's more of a stupid prank than a hate crime, but the existence of black criminals does not have anything to do with whether this is a hate crime. Your post reminds me of the protests of previous generations. For the record, I love the hell out of all of my uncles whether they use the n word or not. But I surely don't use it myself because I am living in a world that is past that race war bullshit.

[M.Fillmore]

Re: Party City murder. The accomplice testified against the murderer and the accomplice still got 45 years.
I have not heard what the murderer received.

So it is not like these guys skated. Madison County is not Hinds County.

[M.Fillmore]

Agreed. JFP is the worst.

I check on it online every once in a while because it's the only alternative for City news other than the CL.

Try Jackson Jambalaya http://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/

In no way do I agree with him on everything, but he does a good job with local news. He gets a lot of stuff the CL misses.

[bannedwayne]

Try Jackson Jambalaya http://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/

In no way do I agree with him on everything, but he does a good job with local news. He gets a lot of stuff the CL misses.

I read JJ every once in a while.

The comments literally make me sick sometimes though. Pointless bitching back and forth.