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On January 24, 2023, six white law enforcement officers, five from the Rankin County Sheriff's Office and one from the Richland Police Department, tortured two black men, Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker, at a home in Braxton, Mississippi. Police were called to the home by a white neighbor who reported that Jenkins and Parker had entered the ...
Six former Mississippi police officers, including some calling themselves "The Goon Squad,” pleaded guilty Thursday to a racist assault on two Black men that ended with an officer shooting one ...
Former Mississippi police officer gets about 10 years in prison for racist torture of 2 Black men MICHAEL GOLDBERG and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS March 21, 2024 at 12:17 PM
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On January 13, 2019, George Robinson, a 62-year-old Black man, died two days after a violent arrest by three Black police officers in Jackson, Mississippi.According to a grand jury indictment, the officers pulled Robinson out of a car, threw him headfirst into the pavement, and struck and kicked him multiple times in the head and chest.
The Jackson State killings occurred on May 15, 1970, at Jackson State College (now Jackson State University) in Jackson, Mississippi. On May 14, 1970, city and state police confronted a group of students outside a campus dormitory. Shortly after midnight, the police opened fire, killing two students and injuring twelve. [1]
Police in a majority-Black Mississippi city discriminate against Black people, use excessive force and retaliate against critics, the Justice Department said Thursday in a scathing report ...
Norris allegedly shot and killed his girlfriend and stole her car. When police officers located and confronted him, he opened fire on them. Police officers then returned fire, fatally striking him. [132] 2024-05-08 Ruben Felix Alejandro Lopez (45) Hispanic Chandler, Arizona [133] 2024-05-08 Jesse Hartman (39) White Galveston, Texas [134] 2024-05-08