Gang-related black-on-white crime on the rise in rural Mississippi

As reported by Mid-Southerner on 23 December 2012

Over the past few months, there have been a couple of cases of horrific violence committed by young black thugs against elderly white women in the delta city of Clarksdale, Mississippi, but it’s getting very little coverage outside of the region.

Clarksdale is a small city of approximately 18,000, and fewer than 20% of those residents are white while the rest are black. The poverty rate for 2007-2011 averaged 40.2%, and the median household income during that time was only $24,808–nearly $14,000 less than the state average. Only 78.4% of residents age 25 or older have a high school diploma or higher degree. It sounds like a pretty sad, depressing place to live.
And now their white residents live in fear of violence at the hands of young black teens.
In August, 77-year-old Shirley Gordon barely escaped with her life after being beaten with a brick by a 14-year-old boy outside her home. She recounted the ordeal for WMC-TV in Memphis:

Gordon went just up the street to the corner store but realized she left her card at home. She returned to get it and came back outside to find her car missing. Then she noticed a teen driving it up her street.
“He said Hi I’m bringing your car back I saw it down the street,” said Gordon.
Relieved to have her car, Gordon even offered the teen a ride home. But that’s not what he was after. The teenager jumped in and grabbed Gordon.
“He was beating the stew out of my head with that concrete brick wrapped in asphalt,” she said. “I asked him what have I done to you? And he kept beatin’.”

Gordon was able to survive by kicking the car horn, and the suspect escaped. He would be apprehended later. The news report continues:

Gordon’s story is just one of many violent tales in this Delta town over the past several months, as gang activity is on the rise in her hometown.
“I love Clarksdale. I was born and raised and I plan on leaving this world right here,” Gordon said when asked if she felt safe in Clarksdale.
Gordon plans to buy a pistol for protection.

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