Bettersten Wade, who sued the city of Jackson, MI, over the death of her brother rejected a settlement after officials publicly disclosed what the city would pay his survivors.

Bettersten Wade, who sued the city of Jackson, MI, over the death of her brother rejected a settlement after officials publicly disclosed what the city would pay his survivors.

Former MS law enforcement officers Daniel Opdyke and Christian Dedmon are to be sentenced for torturing two Black men, and new information came out about a past assault of Dedmon’s.

Former MS law enforcement officers Daniel Opdyke and Christian Dedmon are to be sentenced for torturing two Black men, and new information came out about a past assault of Dedmon’s.

Six former Rankin County, MS, deputies are on trial for the racist torture of Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker. The first of them was sentenced to 20 years.

Six former Rankin County, MS, deputies are on trial for the racist torture of Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker. The first of them was sentenced to 20 years.

Six former Mississippi police officers await sentencing after pleading guilty to a long list of crimes in the racially motivated torturing of two Black men.

Six former Mississippi police officers await sentencing after pleading guilty to a long list of crimes in the racially motivated torturing of two Black men.

Six former Mississippi law officers await sentencing after pleading guilty to a long list of crimes in the racially motivated torturing of two Black men.

Six former Mississippi law officers await sentencing after pleading guilty to a long list of crimes in the racially motivated torturing of two Black men.

A police officer in Pearl, Mississippi, was fired after video appears to show him forcing a detainee to lick his own urine off the floor, reports say.

A police officer in Pearl, Mississippi, was fired after video appears to show him forcing a detainee to lick his own urine off the floor, reports say.

Dorie Ann Ladner, who fought for freedom and equality for Black people in Mississippi and beyond, passed away at 81 years old on March 11, 2024.

Many cities in the US, like Prichard, Alabama, are facing severe water infrastructure problems due to decades of neglect and underinvestment, officials say.

Many cities in the US, like Prichard, Alabama, are facing severe water infrastructure problems due to decades of neglect and underinvestment, officials say.

The city of Lexington and its police department received a letter from the DOJ explaining that jailing people for unpaid fees and fines they don’t have the means to pay is unlawful.

Christian Blake Bunyard, 21, has been sentenced to over three years in prison for using Snapchat to make threats to rape, shoot and kill.

A new U.S. Department of Justice report released Wednesday covers conditions at three prisons in Mississippi, arguing that the Department of Corrections does not have enough staff.