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[theweaselking]

Two carloads of white men murder black man, on video, while yelling "White power!" and later brag about it.

Mississippi: One murder charge, one simple assault charge. Everyone else goes scot-free. Because joyously participating in murder doesn't qualify as "complicit liability" in Mississippi when you're white and the victim isn't.

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[katballou.livejournal.com]

Every single person involved deserves to be charged, but I can see why they have not been yet. The video does not show the actual beating and it's difficult to identify anyone specifically. I'm guessing the other teen charged was the one driving the other vehicle and could be proven to have been there. I'm probably wrong but I'm really hoping that with additional investigation the other teens do get charged.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

If they could prove the second guy was there, they could also charge him with murder. In fact, the exact same evidence that convicts on simple battery *also* convicts on murder, because the murder was without doubt part of the same event.

[snap wilson (from livejournal.com)]

Reportedly the other kid was in a different car and had already driven off when murder-charged kid ran over the victim with his truck.

I wouldn't jump to conclusions about why the charges were what they were. It could be the DA's office is just working with what they can make stick. The Casey Anthony trial shows what happens when you lean too far in the other direction.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

If they can prove the second kid was involved in the assault, then the second kid is open-and-shut no-questions no-doubt-at-all guilty of the murder.

Everyone else in both cars: Same deal.

Re: Casey Anthony: If they fail to prove that any of these people were at the scene of the assault, yes, that's entirely reasonable grounds for acquittal.

However, if they can prove they were there, they have them for murder, full stop. That's what complicit liability *means*. If you and I are robbing a store together, and you kill someone, I'm also guilty of murder.