New documentary on modern day lynching in the deep south: "Love and Hate Crime: A Murder in Mississippi"
“Love and Hate Crime: A Murder in Mississippi” is set to premiere on Investigation Discovery on October 13th.
This
documentary is a pretty tough watch, but it is an extremely
important story, especially since the subject of race dominates the news
cycle and political debate lately.
Essentially it is a documentary about a modern day lynching that took
place in Jackson, MS. In 2011 a group of white teens drove from the
suburb of Rankin County into Jackson (which they so charmingly called
“Jafrica”) to intentionally attack the black community
for sport.
James
Craig Anderson became the group’s target, and they fatally ran him over
in their car. The doc shows security footage of the teen slamming his
foot on the gas and racing towards
Anderson. It’s appalling.
The
case was turned over to the FBI who successfully prosecuted the driver
and nine other teenagers for the first time under federal hate crime
laws. This documentary shows interviews
with the teens convicted, as well as their family members. The family
members claim that they did not raise the convicted teen to be racist.
The mother even points out in an interview that she does not believe the
term “N*****” to be racial. She just says
to her it means “dirty.”
This documentary unearths a lot of racial beliefs that many think aren’t present in America anymore.
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