A former Mississippi lawmaker says efforts by the majority-white state Legislature to create courts with appointed rather than elected judges and to expand patrols by state police inside the majority-Black capital city of Jackson amount to “Jim Crow 2 0."
Supporters of the bill say they are trying to improve public safety in Jackson but critics say the bill is a paternalistic attempt to intrude on local decision-making and voting rights in the capital.
Supporters of the bill say they are trying to improve public safety in Jackson but critics say the bill is a paternalistic attempt to intrude on local decision-making and voting rights in the capital.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) The mother of a 25-year-old Black man who was shot to death by Mississippi Capitol Police last year The post Mom of Black man killed by cops terrified by plan to increase police power appeared first on TheGrio.
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