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Courtez McMillian was busted in the beating, and other arrests may be coming soon.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/cri...-wake-michael-brown-killing-article-1.1917685[...]
32-year-old Marine was beaten by a group of men outside of a Mississippi restaurant after he was warned it wasn't safe for white people in the wake of the Michael Brown killing in Missouri,
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Ralph Weems, an Iraq war veteran, was in fair condition at North Mississippi Medical Center
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a hospital spokeswoman said Monday. But his brother-in-law said that Weems had undergone brain surgery. The hospital would not respond to
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regarding that claim.
A 22-year-old man was busted in the beating and other arrests likely are coming soon
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David Knighten, a friend of Weems, told
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that pair was followed early Saturday morning from a Waffle House in West Point, Miss., following an argument with black customers. A man outside the Waffle House told Weems that it wasn't safe for white people in the wake of the fatal shooting of Brown by a Ferguson, Mo., cop earlier this month
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The pair was then followed by at least 20 African-Americans as they stopped at a Huddle House on their way to Weems' home,
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When Knighten emerged from the restroom, he said Weems was surrounded.
When a security guard asked everyone to leave, Knighten said he was separated from Weems and couldn't reach him. Weems was on the ground being kicked by a group of people
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Knighten suffered broken facial bones and other injuries
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"All my injuries were minor fractures and lacerations," Knighten wrote on Facebook,
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"I just wish I could have reached him sooner. Please keep your thoughts and prayers on Ralph."
Courtez McMillian, 22, was busted for aggravated assault, the West Point Police Department said. Cops are looking at video surveillance footage from the scene of the crime and have put together a list of other possible suspects.
"This does not appear to be a hate crime," West Point Police Chief Tim Brinkley said in a press release,
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"It's very early in this investigation but thus far the evidence and statements suggest that a verbal altercation turned physical and somebody got hurt."
Ralph Weems was assaulted by a group of men early Saturday morning after he was warned it wasn't safe because of the Michael Brown killing in Missouri.
Weems, an Iraq war veteran, underwent brain surgery, according to his brother.