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Indictment, qualifications frame Madison judge race
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Jul 27, 2015 11:06am |
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| Author | Sarah Fowler |
| Media | Newspaper - Clarion-Ledger |
| News Date | Sunday, July 26, 2015 01:10:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Justice Court Judge Bill Weisenberger isn’t just facing an upcoming legal battle. He’s also facing five challengers in the Aug. 4 Republican primary.
And a Democrat and two independents are waiting in the wings for the general election in November.
Weisenberger, the Republican incumbent, was indicted in February for felony simple assault on a vulnerable adult. The indictments stem from a May 2014 incident at the Canton flea market where Weisenberger allegedly struck 20-year-old Eric Rivers, an African-American man, and yelled, “Run, n-----, run.”
In April, the Mississippi Supreme Court suspended Weisenberger from the bench, with pay.
In addition to the May 2015 incident, Weisenberger is accused of imposing an illegal DUI sentence and issuing an arrest warrant for a nonexistent charge. |
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