Reply #11: Reminds me [View All]

of an incident that happened a little over twenty years ago in a little town I used to live in...Mexia, 1981


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During the 1981 celebration three young African Americans were arrested for possession of marijuana. The police officers insisted on taking them across the lake to the jail by boat instead of using the bridge. The boat capsized and the three young men drowned, all three police officers survived. Two of the young men were reported to be strong swimmers. As is so typical in America, the police officers were not found guilty and many excuses were made.


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Juneteenth

I went garage sale-ing one Sat. morning in this town, and found an old building way outside of the city limits that claimed to sell antiques. Inside, the man was selling pictures of KKK(men sitting together like a school picture), lynchings, etc...all proudly on display, scattered here and there next to his junk. That was in 1995.