This September, five longshoremen will go on trial in South Carolina. Elijah Ford Jr., Ricky Simmons, Peter Washington, Jason Edgerton and Kenneth Jefferson face felony riot charges arising from a confrontation on the Charleston docks on January 20, 2000. They could go to prison for five years. [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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