Reverend Rodney Norsworthy, a minister at Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church, shows the grave of James Byrd, at a cemetery in Jasper, TX on June 15 2012.

JASPER, Texas — After the firing of Jasper’s first black police chief, black community leaders in this East Texas town say racial tensions are at “an all-time high.” 

“The town of Jasper is sitting on a powder keg,”

Article source: http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/texas-political-news/black-leaders-jasper-say-racial-tension-escalating/

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