Trial to start for white man accused of killing Black men
April 11, 2021
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A trial is scheduled to begin Monday on murder charges for a Louisiana white man accused of killing two Black men and shooting into the home of another Black family.
Jury selection will begin in the trial of 27-year-old Kenneth Gleason in Baton Rouge, with The Advocate reporting possible evidence including repeated references that Gleason made to Adolf Hitler and cleansing.
Monday's trial will be for murder charges in the Sept. 14, 2017, shooting death of Donald Smart. Prosecutors say Gleason shot the 49-year-old Smart in a park near Louisiana State University as Smart was walking to his overnight shift as a restaurant dishwasher.