Mississippi Judge accused of hitting mentally challenged young man and using racial slurs VIDEO@link

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Sarah Gray - May 25, 2014

The family of Eric Rivers has filed a police complaint against Madison County Justice Court Judge Bill Weisenberger, who witnesses say hit the 20-year-old mentally challenged man and called racial epithets.

Weisenberger, who is white, is a former law enforcement officer who was elected as a Justice Court judge — a position that in Mississippi does not require more than a high school diploma and six hours of training per year. On May 8, he was witnessed by two vendors, at the Canton Flea Market slapping a young black man on the back of the head and saying “run *n-word*, run.”

The two witnesses, sisters Cathy Hendrix and Tammy Westbrook, from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, were appalled by the attack. One of the sisters says she heard Weisenberger subsequently brag about hitting the young man.

Weisenberger was also witnessed arguing with a female vendor, and eventually demand to speak to her husband, because he did not like taking orders from women...

VIDEO at link, which came to Salon from the local news, the Clarion Ledger:

http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2014/05/23/madison-county-judge-accused-racial-abuse/9518717/

http://www.salon.com/2014/05/25/mississippi_judge_accused_of_hitting_mentally_challenged_young_man_and_using_racial_slurs/

Listen to the video and see some of the place where it happened, the man from the NAACP give details and the statement of a woman who may be white, who says she has African American family members. She has come forward as a witness to the Judge's acts.

The actions were clear. His calling on the boy to run as he was fondling his gun, sounded like he is the kind of man would set a black man or child up for being shot in the back. This is what he did in front of many witnesses. What has he done without the public watching?