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Monica Lee stands outside her eldest son's house in Braxton, Miss., March 21, 2023, as she talks about her youngest son, Damien Cameron. The 29-year-old Black man, with a history of mental illness, died in July 2021 after being arrested by two Rankin County sheriff's deputies. A civil suit can continue against a former Mississippi deputy who pleaded guilty on Aug. 3 to torturing and shooting a Black man in the mouth, with the suit alleging the former deputy is also responsible for the death of another Black man in 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, file)

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Civil suit can continue against corrupt former deputy linked to death of Mississippi man
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Thu,08/10/23-2:39PM , 72 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A civil suit can continue against a former Mississippi deputy who pleaded guilty on Aug. 3 to torturing two Black men and shooting one of them in the mouth, with the suit alleging the deputy is also responsible for the death of another Black man in 2021.
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Mississippi GOP incumbent public service commissioner ousted amid statewide primaries
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Wed,08/09/23-1:27PM , 47 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Businessman Nelson “Wayne” Carr defeated first-term Southern District Public Service Commissioner Dane Maxwell in Mississippi’s Republican primary Tuesday.
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Monica Lee sits outside her Braxton, Miss., home, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, and expresses her feelings about the investigation that led to six white former Mississippi law enforcement officers pleading guilty Thursday to federal civil rights offenses against two Black men who were brutalized during a home raid that ended when an officer shot one of the men in the mouth. Lee's youngest son, Damien Cameron, 29, who had a history of mental illness, died in July 2021 after being violently arrested by two Rankin County deputies, including Hunter Elward, one of the former officers who pleaded guilty Thursday. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Racist abuse by Mississippi officers reveals a culture of misconduct, residents say
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Sat,08/05/23-11:03PM , 168 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Monica Lee sat outside her parents' home, where a former Mississippi sheriff’s deputy pummeled her son, who died hours later in the hospital.
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Activists march towards the Rankin County Sheriff's Office in Brandon, Miss., Wednesday, July 5, 2023, calling for the termination and prosecution of Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey for running a law enforcement department that allegedly terrorizes and brutalizes minorities. Six white former law enforcement officers in Mississippi have pleaded guilty to a racist assault on Michael Corey Jenkins and his friend Eddie Terrell Parker, who are Black. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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How 6 Mississippi officers tried to cover up their torture of 2 Black men
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Fri,08/04/23-6:24AM , 360 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Men who had sworn an oath to protect and serve were huddled on the back porch of a Mississippi home as Michael Corey Jenkins lay on the floor, blood gushing from his mutilated tongue where one of the police officers shoved a gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger.
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