Posted on Apr 23, 2023
The NAACP is suing Mississippi over an expanded role for state-run police in Jackson
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The NAACP warns that "separate and unequal policing" will return to Mississippi's majority-Black capital under a state-run police department, and the civil rights organization is suing the governor and other officials over it.
Republican Gov. Tate Reeves says violent crime in Jackson has made it necessary to expand where the Capitol Police can patrol and to authorize some appointed rather than elected judges.
But the NAACP said in its lawsuit filed late Friday that these are serious violations of the principle of self-government because they take control of the police and some courts out of the hands of residents.
The NAACP warns that "separate and unequal policing" will return to Mississippi's majority-Black capital under a state-run police department, and the civil rights organization is suing the governor and other officials over it.
Republican Gov. Tate Reeves says violent crime in Jackson has made it necessary to expand where the Capitol Police can patrol and to authorize some appointed rather than elected judges.
But the NAACP said in its lawsuit filed late Friday that these are serious violations of the principle of self-government because they take control of the police and some courts out of the hands of residents.
The NAACP is suing Mississippi over an expanded role for state-run police in Jackson
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dang: PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL It Sounds a Bit Dicey! Taking Local control of Police from the City.
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I am from there and this is a good thing. Crime is rampant in that city and crime is not unique to the police and citizens...the city run government is the same or worse. That is why they are fighting this. This si the city with infrastructure problems due to the elected morons in office taking city funds for infrastructure and misappropriating them and getting away with it...some in their own pockets...time to stop this and I believe this is a step inthe right direction.
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