Jackson Jambalaya

The JFP doesn't agree with you that the perp's race should be identified per your examples above.

She made a comment over there recently how she thought the CL was going to far in this policy.

I can think of few policies at the CL that outrage its readers more than this one.

No one is left to write anything!

First of all, if a crime is committed in Jackson, only an idiot would assume the criminal was a white person. Second of all, the mention of dreadlocks sort of makes the mention of race superfluous.

12:10, you are wrong and wrong.

White people do commit crimes in Jackson, as often reported on this blog.

And all kinds of people put their hair in dreads. Maybe not the kind you or I hang out with, but they do it.

12:10, I guess I'm an idiot then. What a stupid statement. BTW, I've been called worse. KF, good point about the C-L's policies. They could have a liberal slant on their editorial page and STILL be good journalists.

JimAtTheRez

For years the Clarion Ledger has been going down hill. It's not that it's liberal it's just bad. They assign beat writers to college teams that none of the fans like with this sort of take it or leave it attitude. Well a lot of people have decided to leave it. Thank God for the internet. The Clarion Ledger can stay or go it really doesn't matter.

Let me see, I know two white guys in the Jackson area that have dreadlocks and are thin and would fit the CL's description but for their height. So much for being obvious.I'm sure they would love some vigilante to apprehend them.

Truth may HURT but 12:10 is right, and about everyone reading this bLOg knows it....OOOOO you can'T
SAY THAT!!!

I don't think "black" when someone mentions "dreadlocks". I've had plenty of Caucasian friends with dreads.

You've got to be fucking retarded to be 12:37. Thank you for being nothing other than an apologist.

George Bell.

Charles Louis Kuebler.

Just sayin'.

George Bell sported dreads? He must have shaved them off while he and Robbie were sitting around the house after he killed Heather. They had a lot of time on their hands.

Race is important in the identification process for law enforcement to more specifically I.D. the person they are looking for. The CL fails to report incidents correctly on many occasions and for them to omit that detail is par for the course. However, it would be helpful to the general pubic as a means of safety and as reporting device to help catch the perp.

You can't ask Jackson's citizenry for more involvement as an eyes and ears extension of JPD in a community policing effort but not provide the civic minded, vigilant and observing public you've mobilized with the data necessary to be successful in the effort.

Community policing becomes a farce if all it can accomplish is reporting your neighbor for parking their car on the lawn.

For what it's worth, George Bell is back at Parchman now, in Unit 30.

@ "Community policing becomes a farce if all it can accomplish is reporting your neighbor for parking their car on the lawn."

From 1:07 p.m...I agree with that. I wasn't suggesting citizens become vigilantes, only that a more specific description might be somewhat helpful in the event that someone does happen to see an individual fitting what the media reports. My main concern is safety. That's all...

I really do wonder who is in charge of the public discourse in Jackson. I also wonder why no one outside of this blog is really challenging the status quo.

This shows how out-of-touch the Clarion Ledger is with reality. They are living in wonder land.

I happened to hear the 5 p.m. news on Super Talk radio. The announcer must have been reading the CL. No mention of race. Description started with "man with dreadlocks."

a person walks into a place and sees another person. the first person says something to the second person. what the first person said was really funny.

Race should always be included in the story:
White, Indian, Asia, Black ! or whatever

The Clarion Liar has been a rag of a paper for so long most can't remember it being anything else. Just be damned glad they reported the crime at all (probably wouldn't if not for the man hunt).

Jackson's just a smaller version of other inner city hell holes like Detroit. It's the same BS story; the inner cities are taken over by leftist entitlement groups, crime soars and the city goes to shit. And we never F-ing learn from it because it keep happening over and over and over.

A simple solution; MOVE! Don't live in Jackson, don’t shop in Jackson, don’t even drive through the hell hole unless absolutely necessary.

Hordes of people should swarn the CL building holding large signs that simply say "I'm Black" or "I'm White" or "I'm Hispanic", or "I have a Race" "Don't Ignore my Ethnicity" "CL Ignores Race" "CL is Politically Correct to the point of Idiocy", and so on and so forth.

A backlash can be a little messy.

5:38, I must admit that your perspective seems a tad off. In order to backup your statement, please: name me a city, metropolis area included, that is doing financially well that does not have a strong downtown. I suggest you will be unable to do so.

Then think about your suggestion to stop buying from Jackson businesses. You assume that everyone who lives and owns a businiess in Jackson is black. Many are not. If people decided to go down the path you suggest, then many white, Hispanic, and other ethnic groups would suffer and go bankrupt. The school system would completely fall apart, roads would be impassable, and the entire city, including the metro area, would cease to exist as we know it. It goes back to having a strong downtown.

10:19AM

I think you actually made 5:38's argument by illustrating the very demise Jackson is enjoying today.

I actually do exactly as 5:38 describes. I avoid downtown at all costs. Two roads I rarely cross: Ridgewood and Hoy Road. Given the crime in Ridgeland, I backed it up from County Line.

11:21, I think the point was that not only will the downtown services, education, etc. go downhill but the surrounding communities will also. Is a proven fact.

11:21, I think the point was that not only will the downtown services, education, etc. go downhill but the surrounding communities will also. Is a proven fact.

That is a myth.

10:19, a city not booming financially need not have a corrupted police and/or high crime. I doubt Florence, Richland, Pearl, Brandon, Clinton, Ridgeland or Madison are booming financially but none of these cities have a corrupt police department or anywhere near the high crime rate Jackson does.

And what exactly in my post caused you to think I “assume that everyone who lives and owns a business in Jackson is black?” Every F-ing time a point is made in which you lefties don’t like you start screaming race. Hell, Kane Ditto is white and he hired the police chief that ruined Jackson!!!

Finally, if we really need a strong metro area downtown then let’s move “Downtown” to somewhere one does not have near the chance of getting mugged, raped or killed. Dogwood on Lakeland or the Renaissance in Ridgeland would probably work well.

11:21 you are selling somethin'.

Um, lets go to Birmingham, Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Nashville.

Then go ahead....

Remember...

It's about you....

Hell, Kane Ditto is white and he hired the police chief that ruined Jackson!!!

Speak the truth. Ditto spelled Disaster for Jackson.

Clarion Ledger's policy on race when identifying suspects is finally vindicated:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1334726/Conrad-Zdzierak-white-man-pleads-guilty-wearing-black-man-disguise-robberies.html