FBI Agent Shot During Traffic Stop in Mississippi, Expected to Survive
An FBI agent was shot in Mississippi on Saturday night and is expected to survive.
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Mississippi Man Pleads Guilty to Shooting U.S. Marshals Service Task Force Member
A 32-year-old man who shot a member of a U.S. Marshals Service Task Force outside of a hotel in Mississippi has pleaded guilty to four counts of assaulting and resisting officers and one count of discharging a firearm.
Acting CBP Commissioner Says ICE Raids in Mississippi Weren’t ‘Raids’
Acting CBP Commissioner Mark Morgan insisted Sunday that the arrests of about 680 people during raids at Mississippi workplaces last week were not “raids.”
ICE Raids in Mississippi Were Largest Single-State Sweep in U.S. History
ICE arrested about 680 people during raids of seven food processing plants across Mississippi on Wednesday in what officials described as the largest single-state sweep in U.S. history.
Retired FBI Special Agent to Lead Mississippi Department
Former FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze has been appointed head the Mississippi Department of Human Services.
Justice Department Reopens the Racist 1955 Murder of Emmett Till
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Justice Department has reopened the racist killing of Emmett Till, a black 14-year-old from Chicago who was visiting family in Mississippi in 1955, NPR reports. The department says it has received “new information” in the case but did not provide specifics. A new book on the killing, The Blood of Emmett Till, combined…
Activists: Reopen Case of Emmett Till After Witness Lied About What Happened
Civil rights activists and others are calling for the federal government to reopen its investigation of the killing of Emmett Till, a black teenager who was killed in 1955 for allegedly flirting with a white woman.
FBI Investigates Fire at Black Church Where ‘Vote Trump’ Tagged on Side
The FBI is investigating a fire that tore through a black church in Mississippi that was scrawled with the message, “Vote Trump,” in silver spray paint.