The family of the 20-year-old African-American man, Eric Rivers, has filed a police complaint against Judge Bill Weisenberger in connection with the May 8 incident at a flea market. WLBT-TV reports that the Madison District attorney said the case will go to a grand jury.
Witnesses told The Clarion-Ledger that Weisenberger, who is white, struck the young man and yelled racial slurs.
William Truly of a Mississippi NAACP chapter said Weisenberger should stop hearing cases or resign pending an investigation.
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