INDIANAPOLIS — A Facebook post by an Indiana state representative has drawn some scrutiny as some people believe it’s racist.
The Republic’s newsgathering partner, Indianapolis television station WISH-TV, reported Friday that the incident involved State. Rep. Jim Lucas, R-Seymour commenting on a WISH-TV Facebook posting about Marquise Dozier.
Dozier pleaded guilty Thursday to three counts of rape in Allen County, according to a WISH-TV report. DNA evidence at one crime scene connected him to a pair of unsolved rapes in Fort Wayne. Dozier was identified through his fingerprints and arrested, according to the television station. Dozier is facing 72 years behind bars.
Lucas commented on the WISH-TV story link by posting a photo of a noose.
Lucas is not apologizing for the comment, according to WISH-TV. Lucas told the television station the comment was not about race, but another four-letter word which begins with “R” — rape, and his belief that people like Dozier should get the death penalty.
When it was pointed out that the subject of the story is African American and his photo is of a noose, Lucas told WISH-TV, “I didn’t see it that way. I see the subject as someone who committed rape.”
For more on this story, see Saturday’s Republic.
