They tore his clothes off and dragged him down to the town square. Just about every man in waco tried to take a pot shot at him. They hit him with ricks and clubs and two by fours. Some people had knives and by the time they got to the town square, he was already covered with blood. One paper said he became the plaything of the mob. At first, people said lets dont hang him over the bridge like they did the last fella who is lynched in 1905. Others said thats not had enough. He deserves something worse than that. The truth was that it was all planned. The mayor and the chief of police watch the whole thing from the mayors secondfloor office at city hall and they even informed the most prominent photographer in town to come set of his equipment ahead of time. Kindling and other flammable material had been stashed near the center of the town square, so everyone knew what was going to happen. When he was finally drag to the center of the square, they put a chain around his neck and through
Backpack. Its licensed in the state of louisiana, and ive got a little weed. [laughter] so you know just shut up already. So he ended up having to take a plea. Because he defeated attorneys ability to get the stop, the evidence was obtained as a result of the stop suppressed because he volunteered this information. Everybody will say, you know, you didnt read robbin shipps book. [laughter] she told you to just shut up. So now this kid has a criminal record. Hes got a felony record. And a serious felony record because he was committing a felony, the amount of marijuana he had was a felony amount. And then he was in the possession of a firearm. So he got a gun charge on his record. Hes like 26. No priors, none of that. And he had this long history also though of Mental Health challenges. And we talked about that, and we talked about the fact that black and brown folks dont like to get their kids tested. Well, why not . You know . My child as learning disabilities, developmental challenge
Youre watching booktv on cspan2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. Booktv, television for serious readers. This weekend on booktv Arthur Brooks is live on in depth. Jason so kill sits down on after words, nick childs and robinship advise africanamericans on how to deal with police and the criminal Justice System in the u. S. , robert baer provides a history of political assassinations and a literary tour of waco, texas. Check out our full schedule online, booktv. Org. You give me your name and the title of the book and tell me how you came to the project. Hi, im lawrence knutson, the title of the book is a wave in the white house, i came to the project because i am a retired reporter for the Associated Press and in my last three or four years i exploited a personal interest and wrote a column about american and washington history. That led me to the publisher of this book which is the White House Historical association. We started talking about it and someone said, wh
Explore the history of this Central Texas town of 129,000 since along the river and is home to Baylor University, the oldest institute of Higher Learning in the state. The institute of texan thatre in san antonio says the second most well known thing from the Texas Rangers was the alamo, and we are talking about 200 years of the history and heritage of upholding values of law, order, and justice. Later we will visit the Dr Pepper Museum as we learn how impact of gettings the local economy. In 1885 when a pharmacist was mixing together ine different concoctions the back of the old corner drugstore. Where the pharmacy was located. It came up where a fragrant smelling mixture that he liked very much was, he probably used it in some medicines but eventually it was sold as a syrup with carbonated water across the Soda Fountain counter. First we travel to Baylor University to find out about its black gospel restoration object, working to archive records to help us learn more about the role i
In the waco area for very long. They were itinerant farm laborers, but it was not only Jesse Washington himself, 17 and mentally challenged, who was plowing the fields and working for them, but it was also his parents who lived in a little shack on their property with some other children. I think there was a younger brother, a teenager, and they were all doing some kind of work. She was found at the door to the seed barn with her head bashed in. It looked like she had been hit over the head really hard several times, and her clothes were somewhat disheveled, also. Of course, they called the investigating officers immediately, and they looked around and noticed Jesse Washington had been nearby all afternoon plowing a field, while the kids and mr. Fryer were off farther away from the house. And so they grabbed him. And one example that might demonstrate the fact that he was mentally challenged is that he was upset at first when he was arrested. But then he just went to sleep in the back