Father and Son Who Shot At Black Teens Investigated For Hate Crimes

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In Mississippi, a white father-son duo is under investigation for a hate crime after allegedly chasing and shooting at two Black teens who were riding ATVs.




The Clarion Ledger reports that the Yazoo County Sheriff’s office charged Wade Twiner, 48, and Lane Twiner, 22, with assault for allegedly shooting at the teens and ramming one of their ATVs with their pickup truck. Federal officials, as well as the district attorney’s office, are also investigating the incident as a hate crime. Yazoo County Sheriff Jacob Sheriff said that the circumstances surrounding the assault and social media posts made by the father prompted the hate crime investigation.

Sheriff noted that Wade Twiner shared a post on social media in July that featured a Confederate flag flanked by the phrases “Redneck Neighborhood Watch,” and “You Loot, We Shoot.” Later that same month, Twiner posted a picture of an ATV on Facebook with the caption “If you had this and lived ... the coronavirus won’t kill you. You already cheated death,” suggesting he may have had prior problems with ATVs.

Twiner owns property near Ridge Road, where the incident occurred. The area is a popular spot for ATV riders, making the incident even more shocking. One of the victims spoke to TV station WLBT about the incident, saying it would’ve made more sense to him if they were anywhere near the Twiner’s property. He said that during the incident, both men fired at him from their white pickup truck.

Authorities said the case bears an uncomfortable similarity to Ahmaud Arbery’s. Arbery was killed while jogging earlier this year in Georgia after three men, including a father-son duo, chased him down and eventually shot him three times.
 

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More seriously though, what the fuck is wrong with America?
Among them, that people hold private property over the lives of others. Every surveyor I've met has a story of being shot at/chased off of some rural property they were surveying through by a shotgun.

The article may say that they weren't "in" the shooters' property, but people really only have the vaguest idea of where their true property lines fall. And these rednecks get themselves so worked up they may not have noticed it wasn't on their property anyway.
 

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The article may say that they weren't "in" the shooters' property, but people really only have the vaguest idea of where their true property lines fall. And these rednecks get themselves so worked up they may not have noticed it wasn't on their property anyway.
They may or may not have been. But even if someone is on your property, shooting at them is in my view not an appropriate way to convince them to leave - or at least, not until the confrontation has descended to severe threats or violence.
 

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Among them, that people hold private property over the lives of others.
And are often just itching for a chance to demonstrate it. You've got people who own guns because they look forwards to the chance to shoot someone who wants their TV.
 

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They may or may not have been. But even if someone is on your property, shooting at them is in my view not an appropriate way to convince them to leave - or at least, not until the confrontation has descended to severe threats or violence.
Not saying it is. But try telling that to guys who masturbate to the idea that "their" land is their own little sovereign state.
 

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Good. People like them must be punished for their stupidity and hatred.
 

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Oh, this isn't the daddy-boi redneck duo who murdered the jogger Arbery? It's another redneck daddy-boi duo doing racist crimes together elsewhere? Is tricky to keep up these days. Is it really that difficult to look at one's parents and go "nope, don't wanna be like them racist assholes"? I managed it without any outside encouragement or ideology, only being a weirdo idiot child.
 

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"Twiner posted a picture of an ATV on Facebook with the caption “If you had this and lived ... the coronavirus won’t kill you. You already cheated death,” suggesting he may have had prior problems with ATVs."

lol what? That seems like he thinks that ATVs are rad. "Cheating death" is rad.
 

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What's going on in Mississippi? First they change the flag and now this, actually investigating a shooting?