Deryl Dedmon - Teen Accused Of Killing James Anderson - Also Anti-Gay
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- On Top Magazine Staff
- | October 22, 2011
A CNN Presents report airing Sunday shows Deryl Dedmon, the teen accused of killing James Craig Anderson, also expressed a hatred for gay people.
CNN takes a look at the case in the special titled Mississippi Still Burning? airing at 8PM and 11PM on Sunday.
Dedmon, now 19, is facing capital murder and hate crime charges. He is accused of killing Anderson, a 49-year-old black man, who was beaten and run over by a truck in Jackson, Mississippi on June 26.
According to CNN, Dedmon and a group of seven white teens in two vehicles set off from Brandon in search of a black man to “mess with.” The incident was recorded by a surveillance camera mounted at the corner of a motel. (The video is embedded in the right panel of this page.)
In the special, parents and students who knew Dedmon discuss his hatred not only for blacks, but also white people who had black friends and anyone he thought was gay. The teen is also described as a bully.
Jordan Richardson, 17, one of Dedmon's victims said: “When we would get into our altercations … there was never any show of emotion or anything – anything. Deryl always, I think, just carried around this backpack of hatred.”