Families Divided After Deadly Hit & Run

A town is divided by race and finger pointing after a teen is accused of running over and killing a black man who was walking along a highway.

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Dubois - 8/10/2012 4:21 PM

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Let's see now... he's also charge in unrelated church vandalism and burglary? He ran OFF the road to hit a BLACK man and a kid INSIDE the car said Darby did it on purpose. Another story I read said BOTH kids in the car wanted Darby to stop. This just gets better. Why did Darby run off the road to hit the man? IF he was innocent, why drag the man? Why run with blood on your car? Why are kids rining along saying it was on purpose and "FRIENDS" of Darby being accused of threatening people? SOOOOooo many questions.

DSM92 - 8/9/2012 12:01 AM

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You do kind of have to wonder...what do Hopper and the other teenage boy get out of saying it's on purpose? I mean, if they felt guilty and knew it was an accident, they (the teens who told the police it was Darby) would have turned him in and then explained it was an accident...? Either way, Hopper and the 15 year old weren't driving the car that night. Chances are, they would've gotten off scott free if it was an accident. Darby is going to prison anyways. Even if he's innocent, he still drove away after he hit the guy. It may not be murder, but that IS vehicular man-slaughter.

lex luger - 8/7/2012 10:05 PM

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When siding the 18 year old boy cover the 15 year old boys face

RealDeal - 8/7/2012 6:20 PM

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You must realize they WANT this to be a 'hate crime'. They get up every morning, WANTING & HOPING to be offended by anything. Generation after generation get indoctrinated with this type of "thinking", (not to mention dependence on others for what they think they 'deserve').

Hopehopper - 8/7/2012 2:09 PM

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I did file a report with Tate COUNTY and called Panola COUNTY.

Hopehopper - 8/7/2012 1:35 PM

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Just to let y'all know I live in the county so I called the sherrifs dept. so you can call Tate and also Panola.

Kim Gable - 8/7/2012 1:00 PM

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I am very thankful that these boys were listened to. It upset me to see my son being followed by the Hopper woman and then a false story about him and his friends. As you can see by the article, the Senatobia police have no record of any such reports. Thank you ABC 24. I would like to ask for prayers for both families in this case, the Butts and the Darbys.

LisaRay - 8/7/2012 12:32 PM

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A big thank you to Jackie for coming to visit yesteday and giving theboys a chance to tell their side of this story. We (the teens and our entire family) would like to also express our deepest sympathys to the Butts family during this most difficult time.

always2sides - 8/7/2012 11:30 AM

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Thank you for giving these teens a chance to tell their side. I do not know what happened on that night but I do know the young man in jail and his family & I feel there is no way this was racial, hate or intentional. Ms Hopper seems to be having trouble getting her story right. Did she or did she not report the harassment to the police - the police say "no". When I spoke with the Darby family to tell them they were in my prayers, Mr. Darby asked "Please keep the Butts family in your prayers also".