Tag Archives: Mississippi

A 21-year-old Petal, Mississippi woman, was jailed after posting her parents’ personal information on Facebook, after alleging that they were racists. This led to a flurry of death threats. Kaileigh Schmidt was charged on Wednesday with two counts of obscene communication. She is currently being held at Jones County Adult …

Jay-Z, Yo Gotti, and Team ROC, the philanthropic sector of Roc Nation, has just filed their second civil lawsuit against the Mississippi DOC for inhumane treatment on behalf of 152 inmates. According to Complex, Team ROC has filed the suit on behalf of the prisoners who are experiencing cruel conditions …

The Justice Department announced on Wednesday that they are launching a civil rights investigation into the Mississippi Corrections Facilities, following the recent deaths of a dozen inmates, deadly gang activity, and inhumane conditions in the prisons. The investigation is exploring whether or not enough is being done to protect inmates, …

One inmate is still at large, and five are reportedly dead after a week of riots at Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman and other prisons across the state. David May, 42, and Dillion Williams, 27, were reported as missing on Saturday, one day after the two reportedly escaped. Prison officials …

A black man was brutally beaten by white Mississippi Officers during a seemingly routine traffic stop earlier this month.  David Logan, a 28-year-old Water Valley resident, was stopped in a routine roadblock on July 18, in which he was instructed by officers to get out of the vehicle he was …

A video of two officers brutally and forcibly arresting a Black man in Mississippi has resurfaced and gone viral. The video, which was shot earlier in July, starts off with a Black man, Robert Morton standing next to his car after being pulled over for allegedly speeding. The video was …

A white campground worker in Mississippi has been fired after a viral video showed her pulling a gun on a black couple having a picnic. Franklin and Jessica Richardson took their dog to the Kampgrounds of America location at Oktibbeha County Lake for Memorial Day Weekend. Within minutes of their …

Mississippi Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith was seen joking about hangings in a video posted to Twitter Sunday and some say this makes her unfit to serve as senator. “If he invited me to a public hanging, I’d be on the front row,” the senator joked in the video. ⠀⠀⠀ Mississippi …

As racial tensions increase in the United States, undercover racists are becoming more comfortable with showing their true colors – letting their racist flags fly. But, despite the increase, the true American patriots are refusing to condone the hateful rhetoric.  In fact, many go as far as to expose their …

Amid the controversy over R.Kelly’s alleged relationships with younger women, the self-proclaimed Pied Piper of R&B is facing legal issues over an alleged relationship with another man’s wife.  Problem is, that man is the Mississippi sheriff’s deputy, and now he wants to question the singer about the alleged affair under …

No, you did not read that wrong. Mississippi State Senator Chris McDaniel went on live television and implied that black people have been begging for government assistance for 100 years. During his sit down on #MorningJoe, McDaniel talked about building “the wall,” his support of the Confederate flag and how …