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Curtis Watson case: Hearing set for plea deal of West Tennessee man

View Comments A hearing has been set to discuss a plea deal in the case of West Tennessee man Curtis Watson, the man charged with killing a Tennessee Department of Correction administrator and escaping prison in August 2019, according to Lauderdale County District Attorney Mark Davidson. Watson has been indicted on 15 counts stemming from that incident, including premeditated murder, rape and escape. It is anticipated that Watson will plead guilty to one or more charges, though Davidson could not comment on this and declined to discuss any details due to legal reasons and the ever-changing manner of such deals. “I’ve had plea cases like this that just don’t go,” Davidson said. “So I can’t confirm what will happen, but I can confirm that (a hearing) is in place.”

Jackson officially recognizes AANHPI Heritage Month

May is National Asian-American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month, and the City of Jackson officially recognized the occasion Friday morning with a proclamation read by Mayor Scott Conger at City Hall.

Kneeling is a lot less disrespectful than other things protesters could do

Kneeling is a lot less disrespectful than other things protesters could do | Opinion In 2016, Colin Kaepernick began kneeling during the National Anthem before NFL games, and those who didn’t understand what he was doing had reservations. Like a lot of other things in our society since then, the issue got over-politicized, and it became an argument of “if you kneel during the anthem to protest police brutality against minorities, you also stand against the United States and everything it stands for and should move to another country.” And in recent weeks, the anthem issue has begun to hit closer to home with college athletes in the state choosing to kneel. Then after those instances were shared on social media, the Republican Caucus of the State Senate responding by sending a letter to the presidents of all the public universities expressing their desire to see all athletes stand while representing their schools. 

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