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Slain Man’s Mother Decries Plan to Expand Mississippi Police

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The mother of a 25-year-old Black man who was shot to death by Mississippi Capitol Police last year told some state lawmakers Monday that she strongly opposes giving the state-run law enforcement agency wider territory to patrol inside the majority-Black capital city of Jackson. “That terrifies me. […]

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