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The U.S. Department of Justice announced via a Thursday press release that the department will provide "technical assistance" to the Jackson Police Department and the Hinds County Coroner's Office ...
Killing of George Robinson. 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 ...
May 2, 2024 at 2:37 AM. Clarion Ledger reporting shows the City of Jackson has seen 45 homicides from Jan. 1 to April 30, 2024, with an alarming trend of the murders occurring during the month of ...
The City of Jackson has settled Robinson's wrongful death lawsuit filed by Wade for $17,786.25. Robinson, who is also Black, was hospitalized later that night and died two days later. He died of a ...
first African American Mayor of Jackson. Frank Melton. 2005–2009. died in office. Leslie B. McLemore. 2009. interim mayor. Harvey Johnson Jr. (2nd term) 2009–2013.
Jackson Volcano is an extinct volcano 2,900 feet (880 m) beneath the city of Jackson, Mississippi, under the Mississippi Coliseum. The uplifted terrain around the volcano forms the Jackson Dome, an area of dense rock clearly noticeable in local gravity measurements. [1] E.W. Hilgard published his theory of an anticline beneath Jackson in 1860 ...
Gannett. Pam Dankins, Mississippi Clarion Ledger. June 25, 2024 at 5:29 PM. Jackson police on Tuesday arrested 34-year-old Xavier Wells. He is accused of shooting and killing a man in the 1100 ...
Location. Jackson, Mississippi. Coordinates. 32°17′48″N 90°12′12″W. / 32.2965351°N 90.2034219°W / 32.2965351; -90.2034219. NRHP reference No. 100001028. Mount Olive Cemetery is a historic burial ground for African Americans in Jackson, Mississippi. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.