Miss. Judge Who Reportedly Hit Mentally Disabled Man and Yelled ‘Run, N—Ger Run’ Indicted After 9 Months - the Root
Nine months ago a former Mississippi judged reportedly smacked a mentally disabled man and yelled, “run, n—ger run” and recently “a grand jury served an indictment for simple assault on a vulnerable adult,” the Jackson Clarion-Ledger reports.
There was no word on why the process to indict former Madison County Justice court judge, Bill Weisenberger, has taken so long but Weisenberger’s attorney told the newspaper in an emailed statement that the judge has been cooperative since the alleged May 8 incident.
According to witnesses that spoke with news station WAPT, 20-year-old Eric Rivers, an African-American, was working as a traffic monitor and parking attendant at a Canton, Mississippi flea market on May 8, when Weisenberger reportedly smacked the man with special needs and yelled, “run, n—ger run.”