Much noise has been made in various forms of local commentary about the lack of outrage about the death of Chris Summers. He was killed on January 15 at 4:30 AM at the Laxmi Convenience Store on Terry Road. Police do not have any suspects. Mr. Summers was the father of a "young reality tv star" on ABC. However, the media has not reported what Mr. Summers really was: a drug dealer. Hinds County court records show that Christtal Summers was convicted twice of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. He was indicted 2013 for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute while in possession of a firearm as well.
A Hinds County grand jury indicted Summers for selling cocaine on May 22, 1999. He was convicted on March 18, 2002 and sentenced to two years in jail at MDOC but the sentence was suspended. The court imposed probation on the defendant for three years. However, Summers was arrested in 2003 for possession of crack cocaine and the state moved to revoke his probation and send him to jail (read p.27). He also failed to submit to a drug test and report to his probation officer as well. Circuit Judge Bobby Delaughter revoked his sentence in 2004.
A Hinds County grand jury indicted him again in 2004 for the possession of cocaine. The case was repeatedly continued until 2006. He was convicted on August 18, 2006 and sentenced to four years in prison. Judge Breland Hilburn suspended two years of the prison sentence and also fined Summers $1,000.
However, Summers just could not stay out of trouble. He was arrested in June 2013 for the possession of cocaine with intent to distribute while possessing a firearm. A Hinds County grand jury indicted him in November 2013. The case was set for trial in May 2014 but the case was continued. A new trial had not been scheduled when Summers died. Earlier post on Summers' death and arrest.
Law enforcement sources informed JJ that Summers argued with the driver of another car at the convenience store on January 15. They said video from the store security cameras show he went to his car, retrieved a gun, and then walked towards the other car with the gun in his hand. The driver of the other car allegedly shot him as he approached.
Kingfish note: There is no two ways about it. Summers was a drug dealer.
21 comments:
It's good the taxpayers were saved the expense of another trial and imprisonment, and a law-abiding citizen will be safer walking the streets.
The JFP is in backtracking mode over their accusation of racism with the Belhaven murder.
Would appear they have lost their way with their narrative, because you know, the murder of a drug dealer is equivalent to an innocent woman killed taking out the trash.
Not quite the same as an older woman trying to help out by bringing in an empty garbage can. I thought Brad Franklin's op-ed piece was a cheap race card shot. Maybe you could reprint it here and see what others think. I think Brad should focus on why Antreal Jones' mother thinks it's ok to rob people, as long as you don't shoot them. God help us.
This is the same guy the Jackson Free Press Crowd was whining about, correct? Must be tough losing your dealer.
Backtracking? Where?
http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2015/jan/21/why-newsrooms-need-leaders/
And this is dripping with contempt.
http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2015/jan/21/keep-lifting-dialogue-jackson/
Your nuts 1:03 if you think the JFP is "in backtracking mode". They've not done one iota of reportage on Summers' background and Knave's 'newsroom leader' tripe is just more of the same shit Donner's been crapping (and carping about) for over a decade. Ladd's posting tens of thousands of words on Facebook and NextDoor in order to shove her narrative down the throats of others in Jackson is only part of her control freak mental disorder.
Wow big surprise, the JFP is infuriatingly sanctimonious as it is irrelevant.
I think these comments should be repeated in the JP article. But Lodd is such a leftist twit that she probably wouldn't approve the comments.
Yet they think of themselves as a bastion for real journalism.
Sometimes elderly people get hooked on pain meds. ijs
"I thought Brad Franklin's op-ed piece was a cheap race card shot. "
What else is new?
Brad Franklin? Don't you mean Kamikaze? Because nothing says dope and def and fresh like a grown man who demands he be called by his teenage rapper name.
What amazes me is how many people here are quoting the JFP. I never read that fish wrap gazette, because all it is is Donna Ladd bragging about how she's not a racist and all the other white people in the area are, especially those in Madison and Rankin.
Is Brad Franklin Commie-Cozzie?
She is not controlling the narrative. She is messing up her typical narrative. While not expressly backtracking, she is doubling down on the drug dealer vs. honest citizen comparison.
@ 1:51....
"Find our voice, identify a holistic approach and we can soar". I like it.
Who writes that bullshit?
WAS MR.SUMMERS SELLING DRUGS WHEN HE GOT KILLED YOU LIST ALL THAT BULLSHIT ABOUT WHAT HE DID OR CLAIMS TO BE IF THIS PAPER IS ALL ABOUT THE FACTS WELL TELL US WHY HE APPORACH WHOEVER WITH A GUN WAS IT ABOUT DRUGS OR YOU TRYING TO GET YO WEIGHT UP SELLING PAPERS OR AQUIRING READERS YOU WENT THAT FAR TO TELL US ABOUT HIS PAST GET THE WHOLE STORY INQUIRY MINDS WANT TO KNOW
IKR THEY ALL UP IN HIS BUSINESS BUT DONT KNOW THE WHOLE AND TRUE STORY STOP MAKING UP STUFF ABOUT PEOPLE FROM WHAT YOU THINK WENT ON YOU DIDNT KNOW HIM AT ALL SO STOP GOING AROUND WITH THESE LIES HE WAS NOT A DRUG DEALER HE WAS RAPPER GET YOUR INFO RIGHT DONT TALK ABOUT HIS PAST
AND WHY R YALL SPEAKING ON BRAD DO YOU KNOW HIM REALLY Y IS HIS NAME IN THIS POST ANY WAY YALL JUST WANTA HEARD BUT NOBODY IS LISTENING GOOD DAY
He was not a drug dealer?
How do you explain the convictions and the indictment? Probation was revoked once as well.
No one said he was selling drugs when he was killed. No one.
Convictions are straight dropped above from the courthouse.
Oh, and my traffic is so high, I don't need to engage in cheap stunts or theatrics to boost it. Its already there.
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