Hundreds protest dragging death of SC black man

Hundreds protest dragging death of SC black man

From "bnd.com":http://www.bnd.com/: NEWBERRY, S.C.- Pumping fists in the air and hoisting signs that read "Black Power" and "Justice for Anthony Hill," a hundred or so demonstrators marched Saturday from a Newberry neighborhood park to the Newberry County Courthouse, rallying for a new day in race relations in this small town in central South Carolina. Some came because, they say, local police pull black motorists over without cause, question black youths whenever they're unsupervised and do not pursue crimes against blacks as vigorously as those against whites. Others came because they believe the school system treats black students differently from white ones. Still others came because of concerns over substandard conditions in the city's public housing. But all agreed the area's racial tension can no longer be ignored after a local white man, Gregory Collins, was arrested - in early June in the shooting death of his coworker Anthony Hill. Hill's corpse had been behind a truck for nearly 11 miles, police said. Click "here":http://www.bnd.com/2010/07/17/1333120/hundreds-protest-handling-of-black.html#ixzz0u3Bh4m8v to read the entire article.