White Suspect Arrested in Louisiana Killings of Black Men Police Say Likely ‘Racially Motivated’

[TomSea]

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Sep 17 2017, 3:20 pm ET
White Suspect Arrested in Louisiana Killings of Black Men Police Say Likely ‘Racially Motivated’

by Associated Press

BATON ROUGE, La. — Police believe the slayings of two black men in Baton Rouge were likely racially motivated and said Sunday they have a suspect — a 23-year-old white man — in custody.

The suspect, Kenneth Gleason, was being held on drug charges. Authorities didn't yet have enough evidence to charge him with murder, said Sgt. L'Jean McKneely, a Baton Rouge police spokesman.

McKneely said that shell casings from the shootings linked the two slayings and that a car belonging to Gleason fit the description of the vehicle police were looking for. He said authorities had collected other circumstantial evidence but wouldn't say what it was.

"There is a strong possibility that it could be racially motivated," he said.

Continued at: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/white-suspect-arrested-louisiana-killings-black-men-police-say-likely-n802126

We have likely the reverse in Kansas City, that story was posted about 10 days ago; so, this is just reporting on all news.

[Sanguine]

I wonder why they think it is racially motivated.  The story doesn't say.