The inmate accused of stabbing Derek Chauvin, the former police officer convicted in George Floyd’s killing, has been charged with attempted murder, according to court documents.
we went to jackson for this story you ll see first out front. reporter: we don t want the city to be taken over. but we re kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place. reporter: felicia owned owned this beauty salon for decades. they used to be open door and can you walk in. we can t allow that anymore. reporter: just ten years ago, there were 50 homicides in jackson a year. in 2021, that number jumped to more than 150 with the murder rate more t2 times the nalg nat national average. now there say deep divide between the city and state, law law enforcement patrol all of jackson and state leaders appoint something judges and prosecutors. but also, the state legislature is majority republican and majority white. they approve the laws that affect the city of jackson which is majority democratic and more than 80% black.