Jackson Jambalaya

The homeless advocate actually said it wasn't their fault they were homeless. The business owner before her said the homeless sit around drinking all day. Something doesn't jive here. If the advocate is to be believed, West Jackson is inundated with batshit crazy drunks who are only able to hang out at public parks and while away the time, poor things. Lost on the advocate is the point the business owner made: Rankin County doesn't stand for that so why should Jackson. To the advocate's credit, she did mention that Whitfield needs to do more. My question is why aren't they?

And about the Nation of Islam speaker. I stopped listening when he blamed high school girls for leading the boys astray. I mean, it isn't the boys' fault if the girls are taking their attention away from school and learning about more black history, which by the way is (according to him) the only way the black men can overcome society's injustice. And was all that security really necessary? Are they threatened to the point of using earpieces to spot potential problems? Is whitey that bad in Jackson? So many questions in only two short minutes of video.

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The reason tthe state hospital can't hold " homeless people" against their will is because of human rights laws.
The DOJ mandated that. No one does long term psychiatric care anymore unless mandated by a court.

Actions like that also put a drain on the system such that people who actually needed psychiatric help weren't getting the treatment that they needed.

Now you know why the BoBo kid was only sentenced to 90 days at the crisis center in brookhaven.

Whitfield IS NOT a property to stow away undesirables. Not anymore.
You can't hold people against their will just because they are deemed an inconvenience to society.

So, look elsewhere for help on that matter.

( I could very well be wrong, but this is what I have been told by numerous individuals in the healthcare industry)

Bobo is still a resident at Casa de' Tucker

The inner city of Jackson, i.e., Terry Road, Ellis Avenue, Gallatin, Capitol, etc. is nothing but shanty huts housing indigent uneducated welfare recipients. Yes there are nice folks scattered amongst them but by and large, just people who share no values with the rest of working people in surrounding counties. Don't believe me, drive there and look for yourself.

The dregs of society now make up most of the inner city of Jackson. There are no "bones" as they say in real estate...physically or figuratively.

The majority of these folks prey on each other. The tamer of the bunch sit around and refuse to believe that their youth would/could actually kill each other. Hint, they do..every day.

To fix this problem, the sediment needs to be dissipated. Hinds County must be divided into Rankin, Madison, Warren, and Copiah counties. By diluting the dregs we can possibly save future generations from the school to jail/death path which has been created over the last 3 decades.

If those men were really body guards they would be looking out, into the crowd. Which means, as we all know, they are props to show this gentleman's appearance of importance.

"To fix this problem, the sediment needs to be dissipated. Hinds County must be divided into Rankin, Madison, Warren, and Copiah counties. By diluting the dregs we can possibly save future generations from the school to jail/death path which has been created over the last 3 decades."

Uh, no thanks from one of those counties. We don't want to import the problems they bring with them.

A one-way bus ticket to another state - not THAT'S a Special Session the governor could call with no complaints from working people.

"The Nation of Islam speaker"

That in itself speaks volumes.

Just as MLK had a cadre of 'whore spotters', these characters have a group of bowtied goons in sun glasses with buds in their ears looking around for prospective dates for their iconic leader.

Like 90% of men who pretend to be 'preachers', these guys are allowed by The Lord to spend time with ladies in order to reduce frustration and deal with the burdens of their day.

But, to be fair, it was Bill Clinton who took this practice to its highest level.

I know the idea of trying to get people to work together to solve a problem rather than for everyone to compete to have their idea be the only approach is something some of you don't understand.

I applaud Mayor Yarber for trying to get the support he will need to tackle crime and for being willing to entertain ideas from a variety of points of view.

The body guard comment is simply tacky and makes me suspect the mental stability of the commenter.

Anonymous commenter 8:05,

Lost in your broadside is the fact that the Nation of Islam is a hateful, racist, anti-Semetic, anti-Christian, homophobic, sexist, and UFO-believing gang of ex-cons that masquerades as a non-profit, uh, "community" organization.

Your own mental stability and it's associated capacity lies somewhere between "feeble" and "tetched", my friend.

Farrahkan himself also believes in diversity of opinion and embracing others and a welcoming approach to suggestions and input. As long as all that shit is in agreement with his own racist views and bizarre opinions.