George Robinson’s Family Gets $17,786 In Settlement Over Death That Followed JPD Encounter
George Robinson’s family will receive a $17,786.25 settlement from the City of Jackson over his 2019 death that followed a police encounter.
George Robinson’s family will receive a $17,786.25 settlement from the City of Jackson over his 2019 death that followed a police encounter.
Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba said he wants JXN Water to engage more with the community and promised more road repairs coming soon.
The U.S. Department of Justice will provide JPD and the Hinds County Coroner’s Office with technical assistance to improve their death-notification policies.
Pascagoula Police Lt. Darren Versiga said he began pushing for a new law to regulate how officials handle bodies after digging into cold cases.
Sean Brown responds to the Jackson Police Department’s failure to report 24 additional homicides in the capital city in 2023.
Jackson will see a “surge in state, local and federal law-enforcement resources” through “Operation Unified,” Gov. Reeves announced.
Rampant misinformation about the Hinds County pauper’s graveyard on social media is “harmful,” Jackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba warned.
Three mothers held a joint press conference on Dec. 20, 2023, demanding justice for their sons wrongly buried at the Hinds County Penal Farm.
Hinds County buried John David Hankins in a pauper’s field without notifying his family—the third such case NBC News has identified since October.
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