First Arrest Made in Vicious, Possibly Racially Motivated Beating of U.S. Marine Aug. 26, 2014 12:09am Jason Howerton Police have arrested one suspect in the brutal beating of a former U.S. Marine in West Point, Mississippi, Police Chief Tim Brinkley told reporters on Monday. Ralph Weems, 32, was left with “life-threatening injuries” and placed into a medically induced coma after a group of men assaulted him in a restaurant parking lot on Saturday morning. Courtez McMilliam, 22, was arrested