Mississippi: defeated candidate testifies against Ike Brown
The Commercial Dispatch reports: An unsuccessful candidate for sheriff testified Monday that Noxubee County Democratic Party Chairman Ike Brown's allies include the sheriff's department, which has been used as “the strong arm” to split the county along racial lines.
Sam “Tiny” Heard said the black-dominated Noxubee County Election Commission also works to shut whites out of politics.
“The ones who abuse their positions are the polarizing effect,” said Heard, a white who lost the 2003 election to black Noxubee County Sheriff Albert Walker. ...
The Justice Department alleges Walker and his deputy sheriffs are part of the “political machine” used to ensure Noxubee County whites lose elections. They've escorted Brown in patrol cars to Election Day precincts to aid his attempts to rig the vote, and they've intimidated witnesses with evidence against Brown, according to the claims. -- Commercial Dispatch Online