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Jason Aldean, We’ve Already Tried White Terrorism In Small Towns

“I know, the song is ‘art,’ and art is supposed to activate the right brain, the one that doesn’t analyze and judge, but here are some left-brain questions: Which small town? And where? In what time of history? And who exactly is ‘our own?'” Richard Conville writes.

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Richard Conville August 25, 2023
Michael Jenkins at a press conference about injuries allegedly from a Rankin County deputy sheriff
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The ‘Goon Squad’ Torture of Eddie Parker And Michael Jenkins Cries For An Uncomfortable Reckoning

The torture of Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker in Rankin County cannot be ignored “if fundamental justice is at all a goal,” Russ Latino writes.

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Russ Latino August 11, 2023
An anti-police brutality activist looks back at the entrance to the Rankin County Sheriff's Office in Brandon, Miss
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Six White Officers Plead Guilty After Torturing Black Men In Rankin County

Six white Rankin County, Miss., law enforcement officers accused of beating and assaulting two Black men, Michael Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker, pleaded guilty to 13 federal civil rights charges in federal court Thursday.

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Heather Harrison August 4, 2023
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Richland Officer Fired For Attack On Black Men, Police Chief Says

The Richland Police Department has fired Officer Joshua Hartfield for allegedly participating in the beating and torture of Michael Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker.

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Heather Harrison July 7, 2023
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Deputies Accused of Torturing Black Men Fired, Rankin Sheriff Says

The Rankin County Sheriff’s Department fired five deputies who have been accused of beating and sexually assaulting two Black men, Michael Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker, Sheriff Bryan Bailey announced at a press conference Tuesday.

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Heather Harrison June 29, 2023
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Rankin County Deputies Beat, Knelt On Man’s Neck Before He Died, Family Alleges

Damien Cameron’s mother said two Rankin County sheriff’s deputies used excessive force and inflicted life-ending injuries on her 29-year-old son on July 26, 2021.

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Heather Harrison June 27, 2023
Side by side photo of Aderrien Murry, left, pulling down the neck of his shirt to show a bandaged spot on his chest, and police officer Greg Capers on the right
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Officer Who Shot Aderrien Murry ‘Did Not Mean To,’ Lawyer Says, Criticizing Suspension

Greg Capers, the Indianola, Miss., police officer who shot 11-year-old Aderrien Murry “did not mean to shoot the child,” his lawyer said in a statement which The Delta News first reported yesterday.

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Ashton Pittman June 15, 2023
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Indianola Officer Who Shot 11-Year-Old Aderrien Murry Suspended Without Pay

Greg Capers, the Indianola, Miss., police officer who shot 11-year-old Aderrien Murry in the chest last month, has been suspended without pay after the Indianola Board of Aldermen voted 4-1 to do so Monday night, The Enterprise-Tocsin reported.

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Ashton Pittman June 13, 2023
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Lexington Releases Civil Rights Attorney Arrested While Filming Traffic Stop

Authorities have released civil rights attorney Jill Collen Jefferson from jail in Holmes County after Lexington Police arrested her on Saturday, June 10, while she was filming a traffic stop she saw after leaving an event.

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Ashton Pittman June 12, 2023
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