Recently, Tennessee state representative Paul Sherrell suggested adding an amendment to a Death Penalty bill that would include “hanging by a tree” as a method of execution. This incredibly tone deaf and vile suggestion felt as nasty as the smiling faces that stood around the bodies of our tortured and tormented ancestors to be photographed and passed around like souvenirs. Because of the clear racial implications attached to his...
Civil Rights
Video of last Saturday October 8th, shows officers initially refused to allow the family of Jaheim McMillan in to see him in the hospital just two days after he was handcuffed after being shot in the head by Gulfport Police. One officer even goes so far as to tell Jaheim’s mother, Katrina, that Jaheim is dead. In the video, he attempts to walk this affirmative statement back when he...
The video is blurred but is still disturbing. Roderick Brooks was chased down and had his life taken because someone believed he took detergent with a value of $1 on July 8th at a Dollar General. Certainly, Brooks’ life should have meant more than the possibility of detergent and that something as trivial as this resulted in the loss of human life in exchange for the preservation of soap....
Brandon Calloway. He’s a 25 year old college grad and member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. He was delivering for DoorDash when Oakland (TN) Police attempted to pull him over allegedly for failing to stop at a stop sign and driving 32 mph in a 20 mph zone. Fearing for his life, Brandon drove 1/2 mile to his home and ran into the house. Police broke down the door,...
A Hattiesburg, Mississippi Deputy Shot and killed a man yesterday evening. The victim, Corey Hughes, a Palmer’s Crossing resident, reportedly was mentally ill and in need of transport to Pine Grove Mental Healthcare. According to persons with knowledge and family members, the victim was in need of mental attention and the police were supposed to be there to transport them to Pine Grove Mental Healthcare. The incident occurred around...
