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Ex-Pearl Officer Who Made Latino Man Lick Urine Off Jail Floor Sentenced to 1 Year in Prison

by Emily Wagster Pettus and Associated Press June 13, 2024November 20, 2025

A former Pearl police officer has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for forcing a man he had arrested to lick urine off a jail floor.

Opinion | Reckoning with Injustice: A Historic Verdict and the Fight for True Equality

by Duvalier Malone June 3, 2024June 11, 2024

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Opinion | Honoring Medgar Evers: A Legacy of Courage and Call to Action

by Duvalier Malone May 9, 2024June 11, 2024

Opinion | A Call for Justice and Reflection: Honoring the Life of Carlos Collins

by Duvalier Malone April 30, 2024June 11, 2024

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Opinion | Protecting the Pillars of Heritage: Battling Threats to Mississippi’s HBCUs

by Duvalier Malone February 29, 2024February 16, 2026

Heart of Darkness: 1991 Lafayette County Cold Case Spurs Black Family’s Struggle for Justice

by Christian Middleton October 11, 2023July 26, 2024

Gone But Not Forgotten: Who Was Harry Mitchell?

by Christian Middleton October 11, 2023July 26, 2024

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Mississippi Courts Won’t Say How They Provide Lawyers for Poor Defendants

by Caleb Bedillion, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal September 18, 2023June 11, 2024

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Mississippi Says Poor Defendants Must Always Have a Lawyer. Few Courts Are Ready to Deliver.

by Caleb Bedillion, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal July 5, 2023June 11, 2024