A Glossary of Black on White Crime:
Racially Motivated Crimes Committed by Blacks
Compiled by James P. Lubinskas
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Everyone has heard of the 1998 dragging death of James Byrd in Jasper, Texas. The following crimes,
committed by blacks, are considerably less well known.
Caffey, Fedell; Ward, Levern; and Williams, Jacqueline
–Three blacks from the Chicago suburb of Schaumburg killed a white woman, Debra Evans, who was
pregnant with a mulatto child, because Miss Williams wanted a “light-skinned” baby. They cut open
Miss Evans and took the baby, who lived. They then killed two of Miss Evans’ other children,
Samantha, 10 and Joshua, 7, who were white. (Dan Rozek, “DuPage Jury Told of Murder Plot,”
Chicago Sun-Times, March 12, 1998, p.8.)
Esau, Eli Clean – He was one of five black men charged with raping a white teenager in a Pulaski
County (Arkansas) Jail. The five blindfolded the victim and forced him to perform oral sex on them. At
least one of them raped him anally. A prosecutor noted that the blacks were “bragging that they were
pimping this white guy.” (Elizabeth Caldwell, “LR Teen Pleads Guilty to Jail Rape,” Arkansas
Democrat-Gazette, August 19, 1993.)
Evans, Edward –This black man shot and killed an aide to U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) in
1992 on the streets of Washington DC. One of Mr. Evan’s friends said he “bore a grudge” against
white people and had vowed to kill one. Despite overwhelming evidence a lone black juror refused to
vote for conviction, resulting in a hung jury. (“Race-Conscious Juries Free Killers,” Middle American
News, February 1996.)
Fareed, Maurice –On May 24, 1996, Maurice Fareed, 24, killed a white delivery man and a white
policeman in Dayton, Ohio because of his anger at whites. According to his mother, “. . . the last
couple of days he said there wasn’t no hope and that white people were going to keep black people in
slavery.” Police killed Mr. Fareed in a shoot-out. (Reuters, May 24, 1996)
Ferguson, Colin – This 35-year-old immigrant from Jamaica shot and killed six people–all white or
Asian–on a Long island commuter train in December, 1993. Mr. Ferguson left notes blaming whites
and Asians for his problems. (James Barron, “Portrait of Suspect Emerges in Shooting on L.I. Train,”
New York Times, December 9, 1993, p. A1.)
Gang of Blacks–A dozen black teenagers went looking for a fight with whites in the Tampa area in
May 1990. They found a fight and were trounced by the whites. They later returned with
reinforcements and found a few of their opponents in a parking lot. They beat the unarmed whites with
clubs. Most escaped but the blacks cornered one white and beat him to death with a two-by-four. A
witness told police the blacks were yelling with each blow: “Don’t ever fuck with us again!” (Rex
Henderson, “Beating Death of White Raises Racial Tension,” Tampa Tribune, May 20, 1990, p. B1.)
Gilmore, Danny–A 23-year-old white man got lost driving in a black neighborhood in Cleveland. He
got into a minor traffic accident and a gang of blacks attacked him while he was waiting for the police.
One beat him with a beer bottle and he collapsed in the street. A black got into Mr. Gilmore’s truck
and repeatedly ran it over his body. Mr. Gilmore was with two friends who were black, who both
escaped unharmed. According to a Cleveland homicide detective, “The mayor’s office does not want
us to have racial killings in this town, so Danny Gilmore’s death wasn’t a racial crime. And I’m the
tooth fairy.” (Ted Joy, “Danny Gilmore, RIP,” The Quill, May 1989, pp. 21-27.)
Harris, Joseph – A black postal worker in New Jersey who had been fired, shot and killed three
whites and slashed another to get revenge against the “white-dominated postal hierarchy.” He was
convicted of murder. (Thomas Zambito, “Guilty: Former Postal Worker Was Sane When He Murdered
Four, Jury Finds,” The Record (Bergen, New Jersey), December 8, 1995, p. A1.)
Herbert, Robert –In January, 1991, Robert Herbert and three other black men made a pact to kill the
first white person they saw walking down their street in Boston. Mark Belmore, a white student at
Northeastern University was the unlucky man. The three blacks stabbed him to death. (Mike
Barnacle, “A Double Standard For Race Crimes?”
Knapp, Troy – A dozen black high school students beat this 35-year-old white man into a coma in
late 1999. The blacks were on their way home from a high school dance at North Charleston (SC)
High School when one was heard saying, “Yeah, we’re going to get us a white boy.” Police arrested
seven people and charged them with second-degree lynching. (Herb Frazier, “Police Charge Seven
Suspects in North Charleston Beating,” Post and Courier (Charleston), October 19, 1999.)
McCray, Terrence, and Lawrence, Ledell – These two black men decided to attack the next white
they saw walking down their street in Jacksonville, Florida. Gregory Griffith, a retarded man, was the
hapless victim. The two beat and stomped him unconscious; he died ten days later. (“Police: Murder
of Handicapped White Man Racially Motivated,” Tampa Tribune, September 4, 1999.)
Asbury Park Press, March 7, 1991, p. A21.)
McCree, Clifford –A 41-year-old black man who had just lost his job, shot and killed five whites and
himself in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. A suicide note blamed whites for “economic lynching” and said, “I
also wanted to punish some of the cowardly, racist devils . . . .” Mr. McCree had been fired because
he kept failing drug tests and threatening co-workers. (Paul Carson, “Florida Gunman Wanted to
Punish ‘Racist Devils’,” Reuters, February 10, 1996.)
McLauchlin, Melissa –A group of Charleston, South Carolina blacks abducted, gang-raped, tortured,
and shot 25-year-old Miss McLauchlin and left her to die. They said they wanted to “get a white girl” in
revenge for “four hundred years of oppression.” Miss McLauchlin was found still alive along a rural
highway but died from her wounds. (G.J. Krupey, “Black Hate Crimes,” Heterodoxy, February 1996,
p.1.)
Riddick, Gregory –Blacks in Kenosha, Wisconsin who had just seen the 1989 film Mississippi
Burning about KKK atrocities attacked and beat 14-year-old Gregory Riddick. The group’s leaders,
Todd Mitchell, told police they were “hyped up” after the film and wanted to “get some white people.”
Mr. Mitchell received a four-year jail sentence. Mr. Riddick was left with permanent brain damage.
(G.J. Krupey, “Black Hate Crimes,” Heterodoxy, February 1996, p.1.)
Rosenbaum, Yankel – About 20 blacks surrounded a Rabbinical student and stabbed him to death
as they chanted “Kill the Jew.” The murder took place during the Crown Heights, New York, Riots of
1991. Blacks attacked and beat many other whites, including journalist Jimmy Breslin. (Jimmy
Breslin, “It’s Not Simply Blacks vs. Jews,” Newsday (New York) September 3, 1991, p. 2.)
Twenty-five-year old white woman–A black man held a gun on a white New York City television
producer and raped, beat, and sodomized her. During the attack the man shouted racial curses at
her. Police did not classify the attack as a bias crime. (Murray Weiss, Don Kaplan, Paula Doneman,
and Cathy Burke, “Cops Fume Over Lousy Video Of 6th Street Ave. Rapist,” New York Post,
December 22, 1999.)
Wagner, Jerry – This 21-year-old black was charged for stabbing five whites in Chicago. He used a
steak knife and an ice pick to attack five whites at random. He said he heard a voice that told him to
kill white people and he yelled racial profanities as he stabbed his victims. (Phillip O’Connor, “Man is
Charged in 5 Stabbing; Cops Say Incidents ‘Hate-Related’,” Chicago Sun-Times, March 17, 1997, p.
16.)
Westerman, Michael –On January 14