LINDEN, Texas Billy Ray Johnson loved to dance, but brain injuries suffered when he was assaulted during a pasture party will prevent him from ever moving to a beat again, say lawyers representing him in a civil lawsuit. ‘Billy Rays brain injury will cause him to require care for the rest of his life’ said Southern Poverty Law Center attorney Morris Dees in his opening arguments Tuesday. ‘The events of this party have changed him forever. Johnson, ‘slow but once independent, now resides in a Texarkana nursing home. James ‘Corey Hicks, a defendant in the civil sui...

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