ATV ATTACK
‘Redneck Neighborhood Watch’ dad & son arrested after ‘chasing two black teens & shooting at them from their pickup’
A FATHER and son were arrested in Mississippi after shooting at two black teens riding ATVs on a country road near their homes, police said on Friday.
Wade Twiner, 48, and his 22-year-old son Lane were each charged with three counts of aggravated assault.
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The pair chased the two boys in their pickup truck while firing shots at them from a 9mm handgun and trying to run then off the road,
The Twiners claimed to law enforcement that they owned the land on both sides of the road – and riding ATVs on public roads is illegal, though not strictly enforced, in the state.
Yazoo County Sheriff Jacob Sheriff also noted the similarities between the case of the Twiners and that of , the unarmed man who was shot and killed in Georgia while jogging.
"We can't have people acting like vigilantes," officials .
The Twiners have since been released on bail while cops investigate whether to pursue charges for hate crimes, the outlet reported.
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Sheriff said cops are also investigating posts the Twiners made on social media – including one that read “Redneck Neighborhood Watch” with a photo of the Confederate flag and additional text that read “You loot we shoot,” the Clarion Ledger reported.
One of the victims, , said the incident would have made more sense if they had been trespassing on the Twiners land but they were on a public road.
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