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Senatobia officer who fatally shot toddler had a history of aggressive, volatile policing
A new examination of video footage shows that the officer who shot at a fleeing car in a Walmart parking lot, killing a boy, had previously ramped up encounters by punching, cursing and drawing his…
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5mTurns out, Mississippi voters were paying attention in the Colom, Hyde-Smith Senate race
Win or lose, Mississippi voters sent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and state Republican leaders some messages.
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1mVideos show critical policing errors in fatal shooting of toddler in Mississippi
A New York Times analysis and review by experts found that the police officer who opened fire, killing 1-year-old Kohen Wiley in Senatobia, violated basic policing protocols and his department’s use-of-force policy.
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6mDeSoto County, a Republican stronghold, key to Scott Colom's midterm election performance
Put simply, if Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith had performed as well as she did in 2020 in that one county – DeSoto – she would not be staring at a potential history-making upset.
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17mSecretary of state ignored demands to reinstate voters inactivated by unverified Experian data days before midterms: ‘Harm is falling on eligible voters’
A coalition of the nation’s leading civil rights groups warned Republican Secretary of State Michael Watson he needed to reinstate any voters inactivated by his office’s deployment of unverified credit bureau data by Election Day. He never responded.
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7mLawyers, advocates hover as Mississippi election officials count final Colom, Hyde-Smith votes
With all but one other U.S. Senate race across America already decided, the nation has fixed its attention on the Magnolia State nail-biter between Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democratic Challenger Scott Colom.