City of Hattiesburg make holiday trash pickup changes The trash pickup schedule changes come as the Hattiesburg City Hall and related offices, except for public safety, will be closed due to the holiday. (Source: City of Hattiesburg) By Renaldo Hopkins | February 13, 2021 at 9:19 PM CST - Updated February 13 at 9:19 PM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - The City of Hattiesburg has made changes to their trash pickups on Monday to observe the Presidents’ Day holiday.
The trash pickup schedule changes come as the Hattiesburg City Hall and related offices, except for public safety, will be closed due to the holiday.
An abbreviated pickup schedule will be operated for garbage, trash and recycling, as follows:
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Police in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, shot a 14-year-old Black child five times near Hattiesburg High School, on the morning of Jan 27. He was transported to a local hospital for treatment in the ICU.
The police department and the local news reported that a “man” was shot. Speaking to the racist history of dehumanization of Black people, Reginald Virgil, President and co-founder of Black Lives Matter Mississippi, said, “They weren’t clear at all about him being a young boy. That is misleading and deceitful and providing misinformation. Typically, young [Black] boys are ‘adultified’ at a very young age.”
A 2014 study found that Black boys are perceived as less innocent within a criminal justice context, and as more appropriate targets of police violence. Black children are also 18 times more likely to be tried as adults than are white children in the criminal justice system.
BLM Miss. to protest shooting of teenager by police Monday On Wednesday, Jan. 27, a Hattiesburg Police Department officer was involved in the shooting of a male who was reported to have possession of a weapon near Hattiesburg High School at Hutchinson Avenue and 4th Street before 8 a.m. (Source: Black Lives Matter Mississippi) By Renaldo Hopkins | January 31, 2021 at 11:42 PM CST - Updated February 1 at 10:48 AM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - Black Lives Matter Mississippi is preparing to protest the shooting of a teenager by a Hattiesburg police officer that happened last week.
The protest will take place Monday, Feb. 1, at Hattiesburg City Hall.