Mississippi Legislature not a ‘public body’ and not subject to Open Meetings Act, judge rules
A judge has ruled that the Mississippi Legislature is not a public body and not subject to the state’s Open Meetings Act. Hinds County Chancery Court Judge J.
Ex-Deputy Describes Rampant Violence by Mississippi ‘Goon Squad’
From a prison cell, one former deputy recounted how illegal searches and brutal beatings were used for years to help make ...
Ex-MS sheriff’s deputy describes ‘Goon Squad’ violence. ‘I lived a lie for long enough.’
From prison, Christian Dedmon described for the first time how he and others in his department regularly entered homes without warrants, beat people to get information and illegally seized evidence.
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Sisters remember their father, Lawrence Floyd, Hattiesburg’s first Black police officer
The sisters remember their father working at the old Hattiesburg Compress Company. It was there that he and several other ...