Oklahoma-- FBI Probe Initiated in Black Student's Death
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FBI has opened an investigation into whether the death of an East
Central University football player from Texas was a hate crime. "We
will present the facts to the Department of Justice in Washington,
D.C., after the investigation is completed," said Special Agent Gary
Johnson, a spokesman for the FBI in Oklahoma. "They will decide if the
case gets prosecuted." Eighteen-year-old Joseph Tusan of Arlington, Texas, died on September
19th in a hit-and-run incident following a racially charged argument.
Anthony Douglas, vice president of the Oklahoma chapter of the National
Association of Colored People, says Tusan's death wasn't a case of road
rage. Douglas says it occurred over racial slurs and was motivated by
race. Douglas asked the Department of Justice and the FBI Monday to
investigate the case to determine whether the incident was a hate
crime. Amman Reich is charged with first-degree murder and nine counts
of assault and battery with a deadly weapon in the incident. He's free
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