DailyKenn.com — 61-year-old Anthony Watts was fatally shot when he stopped to help an assumed stranded motorcyclist in Jackson, Mississippi.
The suspect, 22-year-old Dylan Arrington, was fatally shot in a standoff with police.
Reports say Arrington was one of four detainees who escaped from the Raymond Detention Center.
Watts was the head pastor of St. Mary’s Missionary Baptist Church in D’Lo, Mississippi.
Watts assumed Arrington had crashed his motorcycle. Arrington, however, reportedly stole Watts' truck after shooting him.
White-on-black homicides are rare, but when they are reported, the media is often careful to note the races of the alleged offenders and victims.
For example, according to wlbt.com:
"Once on the scene, officers found a Black man lying face up in the road.
"Upon further investigation, it was revealed the man, identified as 61-year-old Anthony Watts, pulled over on the side of the road to help a white man who appeared to have wrecked a motorcycle that he had stolen moments earlier."
Note that 'Black' is capitalized while 'white' uses a lowercase letter. This is in keeping with the AP Stylebook which explains,
"AP’s style is now to capitalize Black in a racial, ethnic or cultural sense, conveying an essential and shared sense of history, identity and community among people who identify as Black, including those in the African diaspora and within Africa. The lowercase black is a color, not a person. AP style will continue to lowercase the term white in racial, ethnic and cultural senses."
If you are white, it seems, you are not considered a person.
• Anthony Watts
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https://gunmemorial.org/2023/04/24/anthony-watts
22-year-old Dylan Arrington
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https://churchleaders.com/news/449949-police-believe-escaped-detainee-who-allegedly-killed-a-pastor-is-dead-following-standoff.html
[Police: Escaped detainee wanted after pastor killed while trying to provide aid following wreck, By Brendan Hall and C.J. LeMaster, wlbt.com, April 25, 2023]
YouTube:
https://youtu.be/fTon0oXTSwQ
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