Jackson Jambalaya

The stupid...it burns.

Awful, just awful...

But given that law enforcement in MS was KKK in a different uniform for far too many decades, the distrust and hatred that lingers falls under reaping what is sown and will take longer to repair.

If my family's history were relatives being lynched, terrorized and imprisoned for being " uppity", I hope I wouldn't be bitter as this woman and would see the changes, but I can't be positive of that...especially if I read some of the posts I see today. Don't know if I'd believe white folks had changed enough for me to be trusting and feel safe and not assume the worst.

10:58

See what happened last night on I-20. See what happened to Ralph weems, Jessica chambers, and countless others.

Now please explain, why should we be trusting of you?

Wow - 10:58, the mayor, chief of police, and one of the officers brutally killed are all African-American and you excuse this idiot (who was clearly, by the photo, not even on this Earth during that terrible time in history) for her unbelievably heartless and stupid remarks. Amazing.

The percentage of bad cops is small in comparison to the percentage of bad youth in Jackson. Crime is out of control and the bad cops are not the kind of people who can do something to improve it. The good cops are fighting on and I admire them for staying in the fight.

11:45

It's not just youth. Or teens. Far from it. Just in the name of political correctness, the news has taken up the term 'teens'.

10:58 is part of the problem. So glad I am not so burdened with generations on generations of guilt.

There are people who formed a community and found out where This woman worked and brought up her posts and she has been fired. That sounds great at first until one realizes now she's going to be a welfare queen

this lady was doomed from the start with that stupid ass name. how awful.

Look at the comments on any internet article about this. There are gracious plenty more that are worse than this 'lady'. Many from right here in Mississippi.

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10:58 -- How many generations are you removed from the Civil Rights era????? 4?????? 5?????? Name all your relatives who died (PROVEN) at the hands of police or government authorities.

You have NO CLUE just how bad it was back then -- and you are the quintessential POSER ----- much like a non-veteran who wears the uniform and attempts to reap the benefits of veterans..........you want to take on the cloak of how bad it was and "still" is, but you've never had to make it on your own -- you have had Pell Grants, Student Loans, WIC, Minority Loan Status, Quotas in hiring (even though they were proven to be illegal)......the list goes on and on. You've never been told you cannot move into a neighborhood, you've never had someone stop you from eating at a lunch counter or drinking from a water fountain......you have no CLUE!!!

Again, you sir, are a POSER ......and show me ONE TIME in the last 30-40 years (remember we've been under DOJ scrutiny for years) that the police have assaulted a Black, and if they have, gotten away with it. MANY major cities in Mississippi now are governed by Black Mayors, Police Chiefs, etc. In case you are not hearing me.......We're sick of hearing it. Get a life, you disrespect those people who really did face discrimination and police brutality in the past. When will enough be enough???? NEVER it appears. It's a cottage industry and identity with many in the black community.

10:58 AM
I am not aware of the KKK harming any black people in Mississippi since the 70's. Since the 70's, however,thousands of blacks have been killed by, you guessed it, other blacks. I'm also informed that far more police officers,of all races, are injured by blacks than blacks are injured by police officers. Given the above facts, perhaps the safest place for a black person finding themselves in Mississippi by chance or design would be at a KKK meeting and away from other black citizens given the obvious propensity of them killing each other.
Happy Mother's Day all.

Spot on, 3:25. Look at some of the nuggets of wisdom posted here, any TV station comment section, any newspaper, blog, or messageboards. If we rooted out all the Dale Gribbles calling citizens of another race "animals" and made posts fantasizing about killing others, half this state's population would be out of work.

For example: the idiocy spouted by 10:58.

11:28: Who are you suggesting killed Ms. Chambers? Have you been hanging around those Innernet Sleuths™?

Look at what the sentient lumps of Hellman's post here daily and explain how it's different from what this kid posted.

Show me a comment on this site where someone celebrated a black cops being killed or advocated burning down Jackson or another city.

Show me a comment on this site where someone celebrated a black cops being killed or advocated burning down Jackson or another city.

I'm 10:58 and I don't feel the least guilty since I've never needed to treat others meanly or unfairly, much less violently.

I'm also a white Southerner.

I no saint and human but I try to remember to have a little empathy for others since I hope others will try to understand me as well.

And, I try to be mindful of the deadly sins.

I know that growing up hearing about Sherman's March , my great grandfather's time in a Yankee prison and what the carpetbaggers did to my family after the war gave me a distrust of and dislike Yankees. I still fight the suspicion and dislike of Yankees when I meet one. The Civil War has been over a helluva lot longer than 40 years.

Y'all don't seem the least lacking in understanding when hundreds of years of history are brought up by Jews and Arabs and Christians and Muslims to justify current attitudes towards one another!

DUH people...40 years is nothing in human history. That means it's this woman's parents and grandparents.

And, how human conflict is resolved has a lot to do with how the winners and losers deal with each other when it's over.

Reconstruction was really bad. The Marshall Plan was good. The Civil Rights Acts didn't deal with the core problems and made some resentments worse.

Let's try to be honest with ourselves at least. Aren't we still socially and politically still rather segregated? How many of you have a best friend who is of another race? Are your backyard barbeques integrated? How about your church?

Do you think this woman has any white friends?

Racism...black and white...is alive and well in Mississippi! Face it!

@ 8:39

Absolutely none. I prefer for my belongings to not get stolen and my family to not get raped or assaulted.

it's nobody's business whether my 'back yard bar b ques' (or front for that matter) are segregated. In fact most of mine are for white men only. And white men who drink beer only. And for white men who drink beer and curse only. And for only white men who drink beer, curse and eat red meat. Does that make me a racist, misogynist, unchurched, alcoholic, profane, anti-PETA heathen?

No, it simply means I enjoy my backyard barbques and invite who I like, and we quietly enjoy a beverage and steak and don't whup or shoot each other.

10:58 & 8:39

This is the kind of idiot that does dampen my read of JJ these days.

10:58 and 8:39 -- From your math (40 years equates to your parents and grand parents) -- I am assuming you are a twenty-soemthing -- MAYBE thirty-somehting. That does not allow you enough life experience to make decisions for the rest of us. When you have grown up, paid off your school loans, paid enough taxes to buy yourself a seat at the table -- then we'll talk to you. Until then, go to Fondren, get a "wine" or "craft beer" and spout your idealistic unrealistic ideas.

11:58 am I don't think I'm the one who is intellectually challenged.

This woman's parents are probably alive. One or more of her grandparents are likely alive and perhaps even a great parent or two are still alive.

I have many relatives who are 85 to 98 years old and still mentally sharp. And, I'm a senior citizen!

By MY math, that she has grown up hearing the experiences of those who are now 65+ is probable. An,80 year old relative can tell her about 1935 AND about what their grandparent told them about the happenings 80 years before that!

Do you really think she never heard stories about what they experienced?

Do you really think they had no influence on her perceptions of others?

This woman is hate filled and overly emotional and irrational. She didn't stop to think.

That should be a condition with which you identify!