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June 9, 2009

Charges Dropped in Dragging Death of Black Man in Texas
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In the Texas town of Paris, protesters gathered outside the local
courthouse Monday condemning the recent dismissal of murder charges
against two white men in the dragging death of a black man.
Twenty-four-year-old Brandon Mc Clelland died last year after he was
dragged from beneath a truck until his body was nearly dismembered. The
two men originally charged in the crime were both friends of Mc
Clelland. They were released last week after being held for eight months
in jail awaiting trial. Officials said the case had been unraveling in
recent months because of a lack of eyewitnesses and physical evidence.
Last month, a gravel truck driver gave a sworn statement acknowledging
he might have accidentally run over Mc Clelland, who authorities say got
out of the car to walk home.



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