Atlanta, GA – The National NAACP and members of the Georgia and North Carolina chapters are calling on the state’s board of pardons and parole and Georgia’s Governor to free African-American businessman John McNeil.
In fall of 2005 court records say McNeil and his wife Anita purchased a home in Kennesaw from building company owner Brian Epp. Both parties argued over completed work. In December of the same year, McNeil rushed home and called 911 after his son phoned him and claimed Epp was refusing to leave their yard and had pulled a knife on him. After arriving home, McNeil got a handgun from his glove compartment. Witnesses say he asked Epp to back up. McNeil then said he fired a warning shot but Epp kept advancing and McNeil shot him in the head.
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