‘Home Town’ Reflects an Incomplete Picture of Laurel’s History of Disenfranchisement
Jonathan Odell writes that HGTV home-rehabilitation show “Home Town” sweeps Laurel’s racist past and gentrified present under the rug.
Jonathan Odell writes that HGTV home-rehabilitation show “Home Town” sweeps Laurel’s racist past and gentrified present under the rug.
Six former Rankin County, Miss., officers pleaded guilty to state charges on Monday in Rankin County Circuit Court in connection with the sexual assault and beating of Eddie Terrell Parker and Michael Jenkins.
Mississippi educator Rita Callahan encourages leaders to implement more community youth programs and mentorship initiatives to curb violence and crime among Jackson’s young people.
Allowing House Bill 1020 to stand “would constitute a tremendous transfer of power from the voters of Mississippi, who have for over 100 years elected our circuit judges, to the Legislature,” attorney Cliff Johnson told eight members of the Mississippi Supreme Court during hearings Thursday.
In April, the Mississippi Supreme Court changed the rules for state courts to require that poor criminal defendants have a lawyer throughout the sometimes lengthy period between arrest and indictment. The goal is to eliminate a gap during which no one is working on a defendant’s behalf. That mandate went into effect Saturday. But few of the state’s courts have plans in place to change their procedures in a way that is likely to accomplish what the justices intended.
Attorney Carlos Moore announced Tuesday that the family of Aderrien Murry had filed a $5 million lawsuit against the City of Indianola, Indianola Police Chief Ronald Sampson and Officer Greg Capers. The lawsuit identifies Capers, 61, as the officer who shot Murry.
Brandon Presley, the Democratic candidate for Mississippi governor, sought to reframe the Mississippi welfare scandal as “Tategate” in a May 25, 2023, press release, implying Gov. Tate Reeves played a central role in the scandal.
Aderrien Murry, an 11-year-old boy, is recovering after an Indianola Police officer shot him in the chest. The boy had called 911 to report a domestic disturbance involving a sibling’s father in the early hours of Saturday, May 20, before the officer responded.
Future rape victims in Mississippi can have more confidence that the State will process their rape test kits in a timely manner after Gov. Tate Reeves signed House Bill 485 into law on April 17, but much work remains to be done, Ilse Knecht told the Mississippi Free Press.
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