Hate Crime Charges Could be Next for Texas Suspects
December 13th, 2008

Hate crimes charges could be next for Texas suspects. Two 27-year-old Texans could have hate-crime charges added to first-degree murder in the truck-dragging death of a Black man. A grand jury this week indicted Shannon Finley and Charles Ryan Crostley in the September killing of Brandon McClelland, 24, after they allegedly ran McClelland over and drug him beneath a pickup following a night of drinking shared between the three. Cops say McClelland’s body was partially dismembered and that Finley tried to wash blood from the truck’s under-carriage. He faces evidence-tampering charges, while a prosecutor decides whether to prosecute both men for hate crimes. Crostley is also charged with retaliating against a witness. Both men are jailed pending court dates and have reportedly been unable to post bond. A similar Texas crime occurred during the 1990s when White men used a pick-up to drag James Byrd’s body behind it, killing him.
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I will like to see the 2 men get sentenced to death. They took a life of a man for no reason. Yeah we can’t choose someone death but we will choose these 2 men deaths. Like they choose mcclelland death. Its not right about who can or can’t take someone lifes.its about color in this case and the fact that a crime like this can get repeatedly again and cause a young man his life. If 2 black men dragged a white man by his feet connected to a truck. Those 2 black men would be dead within a blink of high. Given a death penatly with out a free trial. This whole world is screwed. There needs to be a new change for our black people. We all need to feel safe where ever we go. Justice needs to be served.
Yes, sisters and brothers, this is a terrible crime and it has to stop. Let us raise our voices and rage just as loud , about young black men doing the same thing to each other. That has to stop. Maybe they need to give the death penalty to them instead of out -in- three. Black men serve more time for robbing a 24/7 , than they do , for taking another black life. We need to work to change this. The dragging death of this young man, is unspeakable, but some of our rage has to be also directed at what is happening in our streets. If you want to make things change, we as a people must make some changes. We need to demand that black men killing black men, serve stronger penalties. We have to value ourselves
Omg…. death pen…. if I waz mean and disgusting. I would say drag their bodiez until we cudnt id them
The thing that really gets me is that, from the way the Justice sytem was built, these guys who did that to the victim, still have RIGHTS!!! Howcome, those two didn’t give any rights to Brandon McClelland before they draged him to death! So why should they have any rights, sad, just horrible…..I feel for the victims family.
death a exemple of racism death that set. nothing just death without no parol death.
THIS IS STUFF UPSET ME BECOUSE I HAVE A SON AND WHEN I READ THIS ALL I CAN SAY IS WHEN U THINK U R DOWN TO NOTTING THE LORD IS UP TO SOMTHING..THATS NOT WHAT I WANTED TO SAY BUT THATS THE WAY I FEEL. GOD BLESS THE FAMILY
MY LOVE AND SUPPORT GOES OUT TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS, ITS A SHAME THAT HE HAD TO BE A STATISTIC. RACISM IS SOMETHING THAT WILL PROBABLY NEVER BE SOLVED. ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT GOD CALLED ONE OF HIS ANGELS HOME. I WILL CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY………
Very Disturbing to the human race.
You people’s agree with only what you can GAIN from.
You people’s will only agree with what you think you can gain from.
Shut up David with your STUPID self. It’s YOU PEOPLE agree with only what YOU can GAIN from. If your going to say, say it like it is!!!!! Didn’t you say on one of your entries that you were going to unsubscribe?? WHAT are you waiting for BOY!!!! Hurry up and do it!!!
David is the perfect example of ignorance. My condolences to the McClelland family.
David is the perfect example of the word ignorance.
you know, its ashame we still have so many ignorant davids around here.My heart goes out to the McClelland family. MAY GOD RAIN DOWN HIS BLESSING IN YOUR TIME OF SORROW AND GIVE YOU THE COMFORT YOU SO DESIRE.My prayers r with you.
I would 1st like to extented my coldolences to the victim’s family and hope that they find comfort. However I believe it is still too early to label thier actions a hate crime, first without considering the evidence levied against them. If this is in fact a hate crime I sincerely hope the the justice system finds their punishment to be equal to thier actions
Them little bastards deserve what ever gets trown their way they need to burn in hell and if they get away with a slap on the wrists you already know that the government do give a damn about racism. when can we begin to move forward in life stop beng stuck in what happened in the past. when will we be able to live in a country where we dont have to hear about things like this . My heart goes out to the McClelland family
You know this madness is going to never stop. We need to stick together and stop trying to make each other feel down about not having this or wanting that. Instead of buying that Lexus donate the money to the orphange or sponser a child going to college(either a 2 or 4 year) Let’s show them that they are doing the right thing and that they matter. If I had the money I would. But I do other things like give my kids clothes to the salvation army and coats. And anyother thing that I am fourtante to be able to buy new, so that someone else can have something nice. It’s about giving ya’ll
Does anybody care that McClelland committed perjury to protect one of the men, Costley, now charged with his murder. This was a fight between drinking and thugging buddies that went horribly wrong. McClelland’s death was gastly and his “friends” deserve the full weight of the law, but a hate crime this wasn’t. There is plenty hate still flowing rampant in America and we shouldn’t dilute the gravity of that fact by trying to make a druken brawl a racial conflageration.
Hmm, I don’t really see the brothers who are locked up letting this one slide.
Racism is clearly clear in America and clearly expressed violently towards blacks.
DAVID YOU NOTHING BUT A KEYBOARD $$%~? WITH TO MUCH TIME ON
YOUR HAND .YOU CAN TALK THAT TRASH BEHIND A MONITOR BUT
I DARE YOU SPEAK THAT TRASH IN A BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD .