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.
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.
Sean Brown responds to the Jackson Police Department’s failure to report 24 additional homicides in the capital city in 2023.
Jackson Police Officer Anthony Fox will walk free after a court overturned his conviction for the 2019 death of George Robinson.
Rampant misinformation about the Hinds County pauper’s graveyard on social media is “harmful,” Jackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba warned.
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.
After failing to notify two men’s families about their deaths this year, the Jackson Police Department has adopted a new death-notification policy requiring officers to
Rev. Al Sharpton called for prosecutions of any Jackson police officers involved in the death of Dexter Wade while giving a eulogy at his funeral.
Dexter Wade’s body was exhumed hours before his family could arrive at his gravesite, despite Hinds County giving a different time for the ceremony.
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