Story out of Charlotte, North Carolina:
Three days after Christmas in 1992, 16-year-old Felicia Houston was strolling down a Monroe sidewalk with two of her cousins, singing and laughing.
None of the girls paid attention to the red pickup truck that had just parked after slowly circling the block again.
Inside sat Russell Hinson, a former Ku Klux Klan leader who wanted to deliver a message with a crossbow. A black drug dealer had ripped him off, and he wanted to make someone pay. It didn’t matter who, as long as they were black, according to records.
With his buddy at the wheel, Hinson aimed a razor-tipped arrow out the window and fired, hitting his target in the chest. Felicia collapsed to the ground. By morning, she was dead.
Felicia’s father, Eugene Houston, said he has forgiven Hinson. But he says Hinson should never be released. “If it hadn’t been for him, she would still be around with us,” Houston said. “He got life; he should do life.” Cont.
Story from - The Charlotte Observer
Image from - Pixabay
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