From Howard Witt of the Chicago Tribune comes another tale of small-town racism.
There are two questions surrounding the tragic death of Brandon McClelland of Paris, Texas. One, was his killing racially motivated? If Witt has it right, the answer is an unambiguous yes.
Which brings us to the second question: why are the local prosecutor and the Department of Safety (Texas state police) saying it ain’t so?
Paris, like Tulia and Jasper, is a Texas town that never got the memo on civil rights. Crude Jim Crow segregation can be ended quickly by judicial fiat; but hearts and minds change at a glacial pace.
This story rubs up against the savage, prison-based subculture of white supremacy. Local officials are hoping that if they refuse to ask any questions they can avoid the messy answers.
Thank you, Mr. Witt, for making that a little harder.
Killing in a small town raises hate crime fears
By Howard Witt | Tribune correspondent
October 5, 2008
PARIS, Texas – When the mutilated and partially dismembered body of Brandon McClelland, a 24-year-old black man, turned up lying in the middle of a rural east Texas road one morning last month, the police immediately pronounced the case a hit-and-run by an unknown driver.
Within a few days, however, suspicions turned toward two white friends who had picked up McClelland in their truck a few hours before he was found dead early on Sept. 16. Despite signs that the truck had been washed, authorities discovered blood and other physical evidence on the undercarriage and arrested the two men, both with long criminal histories, for murder.
Now this small, racially divided town–already seared with a racist label by civil rights groups last year over differences in how blacks and whites were treated by the local justice system–is on edge yet again, wondering if it’s got a horrific new hate crime on its hands.
The district attorney insists race had nothing to do with McClelland’s death and police investigators are portraying the case as an apparent falling-out among friends.
But McClelland’s relatives and Paris civil rights leaders are less certain. Citing the violence done to McClelland’s body and reports that one of the alleged assailants, Shannon Finley, had white supremacist ties, they are demanding that Paris authorities investigate the case as a possible hate crime akin to the infamous 1998 lynching of James Byrd Jr., in Jasper, Texas, 250 miles south of here.
Byrd was dragged to his death behind a pickup truck by three white supremacists who were later convicted of murder. McClelland was walking in front of the pickup when Finley, 27, and a friend, Charles Ryan Crostley, 27, who was also arrested, allegedly ran him down and then dragged him 40 feet along the road until his mutilated body popped out from beneath the chassis, according to a police affidavit accompanying the warrant for Finley’s arrest.
“If you take somebody out to the country like that in the middle of the night and do that to him in that way, that’s how they do black people around here,” said Brenda Cherry, a local activist working with McClelland’s family. “To me, it smells like Jasper.”
Paris’ race relations came under withering national scrutiny last year after the Tribune reported the case of Shaquanda Cotton, a 14-year-old African-American youth who was sentenced by a local judge to up to seven years in a youth prison for shoving a hall monitor at her high school. Just three months earlier, the same judge had sentenced a 14-year-old white girl to probation after convicting her of the more serious crime of arson for burning down her family’s house.
The discrepancy in the treatment of the two teenagers provoked protests from national civil rights groups and led to Cotton’s early release from prison. Now McClelland’s family fears that Paris officials, eager to protect their city of 26,000 from another round of negative publicity over race relations, are purposefully downplaying potential racial overtones in McClelland’s murder.
“At the crime scene, it looked like these boys went back and poured beer on my son’s body,” said Jacqueline McClelland, Brandon’s mother. “Two beer cans were lying out there, but the police didn’t even pick them up, they just left evidence out there. They won’t even consider the racial issues. That’s the way it is in Paris.”
Even the editor of the local newspaper, normally an impassioned defender of Paris’ reputation, has cautioned law enforcement officials to be thorough and “leave no stone unturned” in their investigation.
“Hopefully, this community has learned from its past,” Mary Madewell wrote in the Paris News. “… Even if our worst fears prove to be true, let us realize that the actions of single individuals should in no way bring condemnation to an entire community.”
Family members and other critics are also concerned about the impartiality of Lamar County District Atty. Gary Young, who five years ago, before he was elected prosecutor, served as Finley’s court-appointed defense attorney when Finley pleaded guilty to manslaughter for shooting a friend to death.
Young has declined to state whether he will recuse himself and other prosecutors in his office from handling the McClelland case.
Although the victim in Finley’s 2003 manslaughter case was white, race played a role in the incident. Finley told police he was sitting in a pickup with his friend in a park when two gun-wielding black men supposedly walked up alongside and tried to rob them. Finley said he grabbed his friend’s handgun and fired at the robbers, but instead shot his friend.
An autopsy determined that the victim suffered three gunshot wounds to the head, but the district attorney at the time accepted Finley’s contention that the shooting was an accident and offered him a plea bargain on a reduced manslaughter charge. Finley served three years of a 4-year prison sentence. The alleged robbers were never found.
That manslaughter case also tied Finley and McClelland closely together. McClelland furnished a false alibi for Finley, testifying before a grand jury that Finley was with him at the time the shooting occurred. That lie under oath earned McClelland a conviction for aggravated perjury, for which he served two years in prison.
Largely because of that connection between McClelland and Finley, police discount the possibility that race played a part in McClelland’s death. “I don’t see how it was racial, being as how they were good friends,” said Stacy McNeal, the Texas Ranger who is the lead investigator on the case.
But McClelland’s relatives say they have heard that Finley fell in with white supremacists while in prison and that he had grown upset over Brandon’s overtures to a white girl–factors they say the police ought to investigate.
“I always told Brandon that Finley was bad news and he should stay away from him,” said Ervin Barry, a friend of McClelland’s. “But Brandon thought they were good friends.”
Race relations in Paris, Texas: An update
SHAQUANDA COTTON: The black high school freshman whose sentence of up to seven years in prison for shoving a school hall monitor drew national scrutiny to the town’s justice system was released from prison in March 2007. Now 17, she is studying for her GED certificate and hopes to attend junior college.
TASK FORCE: Citizens concerned about racial fissures in town exposed by the Cotton case convened a local Diversity Task Force, which has held several meetings and last month hosted a community-wide block party attended by several hundred residents.
INVESTIGATION: The U.S. Department of Education last month concluded a two-year investigation of allegedly discriminatory disciplinary policies in the Paris public schools. The agency said it found “insufficient evidence to support a conclusion” that black students were being disciplined more harshly than whites.
hwitt@tribune.com
Friends of Justice 
The SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME!!! I want to Help!!!
A man who became the victim of a hate crime has turned to an unusual venue to have his day in court. Lloyd Sams was attacked in north Houston in 2005 when a group of young men tried to run him over with a pick-up truck — a violent night those men recorded on video themselves. Sams tells his story and previews his case on the television show “Christina’s Court.
http://www.myfoxhouston.com/myfox/pages/ContentDetail?contentId=7837694
Please review…
Also…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_d48P1WNR8
Hey Lloyd I just wanna say you are blessed and GOD loves you. You have a lot of love in your heart and I commend you on how you are carrying yourself after this incident. I would like more information on your non-profit organization……..it’s a very small world……I met you a day after Christmas at Greenspoint mall…….you had problems with your jeep and I had a flat tire and we helped each other. Continue to keep GOD first and let him use you. He has great things for you to do. GOD BLESS you and your family!! I think the big thing with people as a whole is HURT………there’s is a whole lot of hurt people out there and all of them need healing.
Alvin
McClelland Autopsy Report
SOUTHWESTERN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC
SCIENCE AT DALLAS
5230 MEDICAL CENTER DRIVE Dallas, Texas 75235
FAX TRANSM1TTAL
TELEPHONE
2U-920-5900
Date: To:
November 7, 2008 Commissioner Price
Company:
Telephone:
FAX: (214)653-6622
(07 pages including cover)
From:
Department: VQICB phone: FAX:
MdindaHigh Executive Secretary Mhigh@dalla$ county, org
Administration
214-920-5913
214-920-5811
Comments: RE: Enclosed please find the autopsy report on JP3167-08 (Brandon
McClelland).
THANK YOU.
‘ NOTE: Theinformation contained in this facsimile message may be attorney
privileged or confidential information intended only for the use of the
individual or entity named above. If you have received this communication in
error, please contact the sender immediately for instructions.” Thank you
for your assistance in insuring the confidentiality of this material.
rn •
CH-QT onnz ) ADM
TTftC-n7fi-t?T7- XP-I
LIHV3
i p Yf
oL^’.s Ai^fc
SOUTHWESTERN
INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCES 5230 Medical Center Drive
Dallas, Texas 75235 ‘ QWJLAS COUNTY
INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCES
CA«« No. JP3167-08-2366CG
MMMBI MtClelland, Brandon Demon
Ag«= 24 Race; Black S*x= Male
Date of Death: 16 SEP 2006 Dat« of Examination: 16 SEP 2008
^AiMi of Death– 4:30 am Tim* of Examination: 12:30 pm
Pronounced at: FM2648 2/10 mile west of CR4430
4., Lamar Covmty,
AUTOPSY REPORT: ORGAN WSIQHTSj
Brain *160 g R. Lung 400 g R- Kidney 180 g Heart ‘• 440 g . . L, Lung 310
g L. Kidney 170 g Live? 1500 g Spleen 200 g ^Partial
This autopsy IB performed at the request of Kenneth R. Ruthart, Justice of the
Peace, Precinct 5, Place 1, Lamar County, Texae.
EXTERNAL KUMIHATJON.
The body is Identified by tags. Photographs, fingerprints, and palm prints are
taken. • /
The body i.d initially received wearing a gray T-shirt, blue jeans with a black
belt, ‘and blue and -green plaid boxers. The • clothing is torn in
multiple locationjsf:. The pants pocket contains one quarter. No jewelry is
present. The clothing Is ‘retained as evidence. The personal effects are
released with the body.
.The body ia that of a well -developed, obe.se, ‘ 71 -inch (180.3 cm) and
,2 8 4 -pound (128.8 -kg}’; black male who appears to be the reported age of
24 years. Rigor mortia and livor mortia are absent.
.The scalp ia ‘covered by black hair that averages less than 1/4 inch long.
The pupils are symmetric and the irides are brown. , The sclerae are white and
the
• palpebral .’: conjun’ctivae are pink and moist. The lips are soft
and symmetric. The oral cavity. has native dentition in good repair. The ears
are properly positioned and the: external auditory canals have no abnormalities.
The face has scattered black, thin facial ‘hair in the chin and upper lip
regions. The neck is
.symmetric and the trachea is within the midline. No masses are palpable in the
neck or aupraclavieular fossae.
Ho, JP3167-06-2366CG c McClelland, Brandon Demon
DALLAS G3UNTY
INSTITUTE of TORENSIC SCIENCE
The chest , and badk are well formed. The upper and lower extremities are
proper tipnal .’••
The external genitalia are those of a circumcised adult male. The amis is
patent.
IDENTIFYING MMUC3 AND 9CARSt
None,
EVIDENCE OP TREATMENTS
Hone .
jffviDBScs: OF INJURY.
I. BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA:
; The anterior face has a vertical laceration that extends from the right
aspect of the nose, through the forehead midlina, over the crown of the •
head, and terminates on the right occipital scalp. The underlying ekull haa;
fractures that essentially mirror the. laceration and include the nasal bones,
the left aspect of the frontal bone extending into the eagittal suture and right
aspect of the occipital bone. The right base of the skull has comminuted
fractures . including the right anterior, middle, and
• . posterior cranial fossae. The. mandible ia fractured within the midline,
‘./•”•’• and the hard . and soft palates have associated
lacerations.
The left superior orbital ridge, left temporal region, and left cheek have .;
multiple abrasions of the skin, with superimposed superficial lacerations.
• The superior pinna of the left ear ie partially avulsed, and the left ear
; : has multiple lacerations and abrasions.’ The right forehead has’
two
:: , : oBliqfue, .’superficial lacerations.
The brainetem is transected at the level of the raid brain. The cerebral
.hemispheres are absent. The cerebellum has superficial lacerations and IB aof
tenad.
II. BLUNT TORSO TRAUMA:
The mid anterior chest has oblique, linear abrasions and superficial
•.lacerations’. The bilateral shoulders, have large area’s of red dry
abrasions
and superficial linear lacerations. The lateral left chest, extending to
the left -abdomen, has a broad group of abrasions. The lower abdomen has a.
‘ large, gaping laceration extending into peritoneum; the small and large
. – ” -intestinea protrude from the gaping defect.
Ca,B9 Mo= JP3167-08-2366GG
Page
McClellaiid, Brandon Demon DALLAS COU?{1Y
INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCES
• The right hemipelvie is completely fractured. The bilateral sacroiliac
joints and the pub is symphyeis are fractured. The sternum, at the level of •
”• che first and ‘second ribs, hae an oblique fracture, Multiple
rib fractures include: the .posterior right third through twelfth ribs, anterior
left first, and second ribs, and posterior left fifth through twelfth ribs. The
fractures have -associated soft tissue musculature hemorrhage,
The descending, thoracic, aorta is completely transected. The left pleural
”cavity, has approximately 20Q ml of blood, and the right pleural
cavity has
..’-approximately 30 ml of; blood. The lungs have contusions, scattered
…; ‘lacerations, and foci of intraparenchymal hemorrhage. The spleen
has
oblique, deep lacerations .- The right periadrenal fat is hemorrhagic. The
penis is. nearly avulsed and the skin of the shaft ie absent.
11,1 . BLUNT EXTREMITY TRAUMA :
: The upper left and right arms have broad areas of oblique abrasions and
•’, scattered superficial linear lacerations. The proximal left and right
;’•”/, hurneri have complete fractures. The dorsal right ‘
elbow has superficial
; , lacerations and abrasions . The dorsal hands and fingers have abrasions
and
”. lacerations. The dorsal left thumb has a 2 -inch gaping
laceration. The
anterior and lateral thighs have areas of oblique abrasions. The anterior
, right knee, extending to the proximal anterior right lower leg, has a
broad area of abrasions and -superficial lacerations .
, The proximal lateral left lower leg has a gaping laceration with
•’•-.’, underlying pulpif ication of the soft, tissue and
musculature (the center of .; the .laceration is’ approximately 13 inches
above the left heel). The left tibia has focal chip fractures.
” The entire right leg is nearly avulsed due to the aforementioned right
‘.’.”’ ‘ henupelvi’s • fracture and
diaarticulation of the right ‘femoral head (the leg .is focally attached by
a bridge of epidermis and soft tissue) . The center of this wound is
approximately 40 inches above the right heel,
INTERNAL HXXMINATIOMi
BODY CAVITIES’: See EVIDENCE OF INJURY. The body cavities contain no
adhesions.
HEAD;, See EVIDENCE O? INJURY. The spinal cord, ‘as viewed from the
cranial cavity/ le unremarkable.
The soft tissues and prevertebral fascia ‘are unremarkable. The hyoid bone
and ..laryngeal cartilages axe inca’ct’. The ‘lumen of the larynx ie
not obstructed-
CARpIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: See EVIDENCE OF ‘INJURY1, ‘ The intimal surface
of the abdominal aorta is free of significant atherosclerosis. The aorta and its
major branches, and : the great veine are normally distributed. The pulmonary
arteries contain no thfomboemboli. The pericardium, epicardiutn, and endocardium
are Bmopth, glistening, and unremarkable . The endocardium is free of mural,
thrombi. The foramen ovale Is closed. The coronary arterial system is free of
significant atherosclerosis . The atrial and ventricular septa, are intact. The
cardiac valves •are unremarkable.- The myocardium is dark red-broWn and firm,
without, fodal abnormalities..’ ” •
Case NOJ JP3167-08-236SCG
Name i McClelland, Brandon Demon
nismwnE w FORENSIC SOBIOS
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM:’See EVIDENCE OF INJURY. The upper airway is not
obstructed. The laryngeal mucosa is smooth and unremarkable, without petechiae.
The pleural surfaces are smooth. The major bronchi are unremarkable. The
pulmonary parenchyma is red-pink and spongy.
HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM: The liver is covered by a smooth, .glistening capaule.
The parenchyma is dark red-brown and moderately congested. The gallbladder
contains approximately 20 ‘ml of brown-green bile, with no calculi.
GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM: See EVIDENCE OF INJURY;. The eeophageal mucosa is
gray, smooth, and unremarkable. The stomach contains approximately 20 ml of
brown .liquid. There are no tablets or capsules. The gastric muc’oea has
normal rugal £olda, and chore sure no ulaera. The email and large
•in.taatin.efl axe unx-eftiarkable externally. The appendix is present. The
pancreaa is unremarkable externally and upon.sectioning.
‘- GENITOURINARY SYSTEM; See EVIDENCE OF INJURY. The capsules of both
kidneys strip with- ease to reveal smooth and elightly lobulated surfaces. The
cortices are of normal thickness, with well-demarcated corticomedullary
junctions. The calyces, peiveg, and ureters are unremarkable. The urinary
bladder contains no urine. The mucosa is .gray, smooth, and unremarkable. The
prostate”gland is unremarkable
. both externally arid upon sectioning.
ENDOCRINE’ SYSTEM; See EVIDENCE OF INJURY. The thyroid gland is
unremarkable externally .and’ upon sectioning. The adrenal glands have
well-defined corti’comedullary j unctions,
• LY1«PHORETICULAR SYSTEM: See EVIDENCE OF INJURY. The apleen is covered by
a smooth, blue-gray capsule. The parenchyma is dark red- The cervical, hilar,
and peritoneal lymph nodes are not enlarged.
; JWSCUJ,OSKELETAL: SYSTEM: See EVIDENCE OF INJURY. The clavicles and vertebral
column have no fractures, The diaphragm is intact.
Case Np: JP3167-08-2366CG Page
McClelland, Brandon Demon
V FORENSIC SOENCE5
1 : -Blunt- head trauma:
.a, Scalp and facial abrasions and lacerations . ,:; .b- Skull fractures .
c. Absent cerebral hemispheres.
d, , Transaction of the midbrain.
2, Blun,t. torso trauma;
;’ a. Abrasions and lacerations. : b. OsseouB fractures :
•1) Pelvis. • , . 2) Sternum -3) Ribs.,
c. Aortic transaction.
d. Lung contuaions, lacerations, and hemorrhage .
. e: Splenic lacerations.
f . .. Near-avulsioii of penis . ; .g. Partial evisceration of intestines.
3 .’ Blunt extremity trauma ;
a. Abr.aaions and lacerations.
b. Left and right humeri fractures.
••’•._•’ .c;.: Left tibia chip fractures,
. d. Near- avul B ion of right leg.
4, ‘ Cardiomegaly .
5.. Obesity (body mass index = 39.6) .
(Continued on next page)
C«»« No= > JP3167-OB-2366CG
tiamai- McClelland, Brandon Demon
CONCLUSION:
DAIMS COUNTY fNSTTTUTC OF FORENSIC SOBlCES
Page
•Initial investigation suggested that the blunt force injuries sustained were
the
result of an accidental hit-and-run. However, additional investigation and
developments in the case indicate that the decedent was intentionally ran over
.with a’ truck-.. •.’.”.
Therefore, ‘based, upon the autopsy findings and the history available to
us, it 1 i>e pur. opinion that Brandon Demon McClelland, a 24-year-old black
male/ died ae the result of.blunt force injuries.
MANNER OF DEATH< Homicida.
TQXICOIiOQY;
Blood; ••:..• .
‘…’ Alcohols and Acetone – 0.16% ethanol. . ‘
Marihuana/Cannabinoidfi (GC/MS) –
; 0-017’ mg/L carboxytetrahydrocannabinpl. ‘Drug Screen – negative.
.Vitreous; Alcohols and Acetone – 0-20% ethanol.
Che£te”r”” S . Gvrin, M. D . edical E^eaminer
Amy C. fcruBzecki, D.O.. Medical Examiner
<eade AT Quinton, M.p. Medical aaaminer
J. Keith Pinckard, M.D., Ph.D. Medical Examiner
Jill^^/ffe-ban, M.D. Medibal Examiner
Lynn A. Salzberger, M.D. Medical Examiner
J. K. Towneend-Parchman, M.D, Medical ‘Examiner
L. MdClain, M.D. <uty Chief Medical Examiner
, M.D. e»l//xaminer:
^Protocol typed by Maybelle Doughty
This is one of the worse reports I have seen over
28 years. This is worse than some reports that have come out of Iraq. To know that body parts of this man were found a MONTH after his death tells you that Texas Ranger Stacy O’Neil, the lead investigator, needs to be FIRED.
stanley.clark@txdps.state.tx.us-Director TXDPS Mike.Lathan@txdps.state.tx.us – the person responsible for black people being followed from Paris out of town after the 17 November 2008 rally. Write and complain
To: George Rhyne
Cc: “Yvonne Davis\”” ; “\”claude spivey\”” ; “\”renata strause\”” ; “\”Greg Abbott\”” ; “\”john conyers\”” ; “\”senator leahy\”” ; “\”John Whitmire\”” ; “\”Ada Brown\”” ; “\”Alan Polunsky\”” ; “\”stanley clark\”” ; Mike.Lathan@txdps.state.tx.us
Sent: Wednesday, January 7, 2009 5:20:42 PM
Subject: “Departmental Concerns”
Have you completed your assignment to “specifically address” my concerns? You have not addressed then to me. I never wanted to know “about the operational policies and procedures of the Department” and there has been no
“satisfactory resolution”. The director and the Board have known of my specific concerns since the week of
17 November 2008. They did not need me to “summarize” nothing. Each of them can read and knew everything they needed to know before your ruse. You are just the spook that sits by the door. A quite reprhensible life form.
When I was growing up, a state trooper was someone that kids emulated. And a Ranger, WOW! Of course that all changed when I read about Wesley Styles telling Clarence Bradley “since you are the nigger, you are elected. I lost all respect for the entire TXDPS, troopers, rangers, pencil pushers, the whole thing. It should therefore come as no surprise that you have done nothing to disabuse me of that notion. You just showed me what you sambo’s that work for this “agency” really are. Vermin.
Colonel D.X. Fagan-McHenry
USMC
My name is George E. Rhyne, Jr. I am currently a Captain with the Texas Department of Public Safety – Criminal Intelligence Service. I have been assigned by Stanley E. Clark, director to specifically address your concerns about the operational policies and procedures of the Department and to seek satisfactory resolution. As we discussed, it is my opinion that reviewing your emails to Director Clark will require me to form an opinion as to what your specific concerns are, so I am requesting that you summarize your factual concerns and submit to me by email so that I will have a fact document to begin addressing your concerns.
Going back to our earlier conversation and I will reiterate to you, that it is my intent to handle your concerns in a professional, yet expeditious manner. And to address your other concern, I am an African –American Captain, assigned to the Criminal Law Enforcement Division of the Department. You also made mention that the only other African American Captain that you would want to speak with is “AAA”. I have confirmed that to mean Captain Alvin A. Alexis, III of the Texas Ranger Division. To date, have you had an opportunity to discuss investigative issues with Captain Alexis to obtain a clear assessment of the Lamar County Investigation? If so, what was the content of the conversation that you had and are you satisfied with the information obtained through that contact?
I look forward to establishing a dialogue with you and addressing your concerns for appropriate action.
Respectfully Submitted,
George E. Rhyne, Jr.
Captain
Texas Department of Public Safety
Criminal Intelligence Service
350 W. IH 30
Garland, Texas
There is a cover up by the Texas Rangers regarding the murder of Brandon McClelland.
http://www.dallasobserver.com/2004-06-10/news/clueless/
To be considered for a post as one of the 118 currently commissioned Rangers, an applicant must spend eight years with a law enforcement agency, and at least four of those must be with the DPS. Once chosen, Rangers go to work immediately, receiving ongoing training in criminal investigations and procedure. The amount of experience Rangers get in handling homicides depends on where they are posted. Many Rangers will investigate far fewer murders per year than a homicide detective in a medium-size city.
The public sometimes regards the Texas Rangers as a Texas version of the FBI. Not quite. The FBI requires agents to have college degrees; the Rangers require 90 semester hours of college, though three years of military or law enforcement experience can be substituted for that. But both the FBI and the Texas Rangers have the same attitude toward sharing information: They don’t like it.
I live in paris texas moved here from phoenix arizona the cost of living is great but everything else isnt , ive been to college several times recieving a variety of certificates from welding to art but guess what i could not get one interview for a job after multiple applications . its unbelievable that you cant get a job as a welder if you are a black women , not to mention every business office you go into cable, phone water, welfare all the jobs with good pay and air conditioning mon-fri are held by whites , there is one black ive seen between all the businesses, insurance companies. management positions unbelievable and i guarantee those people all do not have complete education or knowledge in those feilds in which they hold. guess where you find the blacks manufactoring plants, nursing homes, restraunts. outdoor night jobs daycare and weekend work recieving minimum pay with hardly any benefits. I know because ive worked nearly in all those places because thats the only jobs will hire me and i have alot of business skills , from Data Word entry to Welding and art and as soon as the businesses see me or hear my voice there not hiring then a month later theres a new white person in that job. Its totally racist the whole town From the judges to the police to the businesses. someone from the justice department and internal affairs needs to do a complete town overhaul and stop this _____ because we are here and we are staying they need some lie detector test based on racism issues to be given to all the judges and police and these major businesses to see what weve all been talking about and i bet you they will fail every area of it. Its time to stop holding us back and let us in . we do not want to die being a minimum wage cook or caretaker i want something to leave to my child. PS. the welfare system only works for whites in paris texas. they granted my 19yr disabled daughter 58 dollars a month for food can you believe that. and a white friend of mines gets 400 a month for herself her husband yes i said husband and their 1 healthy daughter. oh yeh and they both work fulltime i quess why their able to afford a new vehicle and keep up the payments because paris texas is making sure they dont starve.