Judge Indicted for Alleged Racist Attack on Mentally Disabled Man
This week, a Mississippi grand jury indicted Justice Court Judge Bill Weisenberger for felony assault on a vulnerable adult after he allegedly struck a mentally disabled black man and yelled, "Run, nigger, run."
According to WAPT, multiple witnesses report seeing the judge attack 20-year-old Eric Rivers while screaming racial slurs at a flea market in Canton, Mississippi last May. Weisenberger claims Rivers made "negative comments to his mother."
Since then, the judge has faced additional accusations of misconduct. From The Clarion-Ledger:
Weisenberger also had a lawsuit filed against both him and the county in November. The attorney for Charles Plumpp said Weisenberger arrested and jailed her client, who is African American, on the nonexistence charge of "roaming livestock."
While the judge voluntarily stepped down from his position last June, the Ledger reports that Weisenberger is currently seeking re-election.
