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                     February 8, 2000


                     Man dies after taking stand against
                     hate

                     Associated Press -

                     FORT WORTH, Texas -- A white truck driver was run
                     over and killed while defending a black friend from
                     racial slurs, police said.

                     James Thompson, 56, of Showlow, Ariz., died
                     Sunday at the hospital where he had been since Jan.
                     30, when he was struck by a car in the parking lot
                     of a Fort Worth restaurant.

                     Thompson and his friend were on their way to the
                     diner when a man and a woman in a car started
                     yelling racial slurs, police said. Thompson's
                     friend ignored the remarks and kept walking, but
                     Thompson began arguing with the couple, police
                     said.
                     A short time later, the couple drove to the far end
                     of the parking lot, turned around, accelerated and
                     struck Thompson, according to police. The couple
                     sped away.

                     Lt. David Burgess, a police spokesman, said Monday
                     that investigators are following leads, but no
                     arrests have been made.



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