Congressman wants DOJ probe: Mississippi jail death 'equal to the George Floyd situation'

Congressman wants DOJ probe: Mississippi jail death ‘equal to the George Floyd situation’
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U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Mississippi, is asking the Justice Department to investigate the 2018 jail death of Robert Loggins in Grenada.
“No question it’s equal to the George Floyd situation,” he said, alluding to the 2020 death of Floyd after a Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck for more than nine minutes.
Asked if the Justice Department had begun to investigate, Acting U.S. Attorney Clay Joyner of Oxford responded, “We cannot comment on any investigation.”
Calls for an investigation came after the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting published a video of Loggins’ death inside the jail on Nov. 29, 2018. The video shows Loggins slowly rolling when officers get on top of him inside the Grenada County Jail, with one officer appearing to kneel on his neck and sit on his head.

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