Just down the road a piece, it's Louisiana. I hesitate to post about this story, because it puts a troubled state in a very bad light. Still, it's important enough that you all need to read about what appears to be an ugly case of racism.
Did Gary Taylor, age 16 at the time, shoot 13-year-old Timothy Weber in Louisiana in 1975? A white mob launched a violent attack on a school bus filled with black students. Weber was hit by a bullet while standing near the bus. Taylor was on the bus, but he had no gun, and there's reason to believe that a gun that was eventually recovered from the bus (but never actually linked to the shooting) was planted long after Taylor's arrest. Taylor is black, and he's consistently denied that he shot Weber, who was white. Race and an inept lawyer play ugly roles in [...]
Tags: Louisiana Murder, Gary Taylor, Timothy Weber, 1975
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