Mississippi Senate OKs bill allowing expanded role for state police, appointed judges in majority-Black city
Mississippi Senate OKs bill allowing expanded role for state police, appointed judges in majority-Black city
March 08, 2023
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passed the House about a month ago would create a permanent unelected court system within the Capitol Complex Improvement District, an area the bill would also expand to include majority-white areas of the largely Black city. That is a move that some, like Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, have compared to Jim Crow and apartheid.Surgeries, hormone treatments now banned for transgender minors in Mississippi
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at least five people shot by their officers in the span of three months. One of those shootings proved fatal, resulting in the death of 25-year-old Jaylen Lewis. Lewis’ mother, Arkela Lewis, testified in the hearing as well. She said she has not heard anything from Capitol Police regarding her son’s death, not even a notification that it had happened.
“Any details that I have gotten have been because of my own investigation and talking to people who were there when it happened,” Lewis said. “If these bills pass it would make me afraid for the safety of the rest of my family in Jackson.”
