Columnist Leo Carney highlights how a pattern of police shootings on the Gulf Coast “negatively affects their families and the entire community as a whole.”
Inside the Heritage building in downtown Jackson stands a miniature Christmas tree. Teddy bears line the tree’s bottom as if they were its protectors. White lights match the nine pairs of angel wings that decorate the tree, each pair of wings representing one of the nine children who have passed away from COVID-19 in Mississippi.
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