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.
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