‘The First Step’ Documentary: Maurice Clifton Sr.’s Journey from Prison to Freedom
Maurice Clifton Sr. was unjustly incarcerated for over 20 years at the Mississippi Department of Corrections. The Kramer Brothers’ documentary, “The First Step” is the subject of the very law that finally set him free.
Indianola Officer Tased, Choked, Pointed Gun At Handcuffed Man, Lawsuit Alleges
Kelvin Franklin, a 33-year-old U.S. Army staff sergeant from Sunflower County, Miss., is alleging in a federal lawsuit that he was handcuffed when an Indianola Police officer pointed a gun at him, tased him repeatedly and choked him in December 2022.