Jackson Jambalaya

RSS is going crazy. He sounds like McDaniel after the runoff.

My crap detector went off when Lumboomafoo Jr. and the Kush crowd were suddenly front and center. There is at least one CoopJXN cult member standing in camera view directly behind Chuuckway Antur and that means Brother Kali lurks in the shadows.

Now more convinced that this wasn't Smith's first time helping criminals, only the first time he's been caught.

Catch and release program. Just search for it on Jackson Jambalaya. Criminals deserve hard time. FBI are not in the business of lying and really don't get involved unless there is credible evidence. This is turning into an episode of breaking bad.

So they had already been served a subpoena? Sounds like a glorified pissing match.

BFD. He is toast.

It does not make any sense to me that the AG, a Dem, would try to fabricate a case against the DA.

The focus should be on this issue as stated by KF:
The affidavit and six charges are related to the Christopher Butler cases that were reported only on JJ. Nutshell version: The affidavit alleges the D.A. tried to help a convicted drug dealer get out of jail, visited him in jail, and tried to use a grand jury to get a circuit judge to drop a case against the drug dealer. Yes, it is alleged he tried to use a grand jury to intimidate a judge into dropping a case.

How many other criminals awaiting trial has Smith visited in jail without defense counsel present?

I always wondered what the AG's office did. As all can see, they worked on the "Mississippi Burning" case from 1964 to 2016. That is 52 years. They finally closed that one and with no pending major felony problems, they have move on to handling misdemeaner cases.

In the long run justice will probably show that this is a standoff between two agencies of law enforcement that are essentially telling the dirty truth about each other. Shuler has uncovered some wrongdoing at the AG's (and maybe elsewhere) that may be way over his head, and the AG's people had a trump card they had to play cause Shuler is closing in. Neither one of these crooks will go down without a fight. I just wonder which did worse. Stay tuned

Re: Coop Cult and Jxn Kush: Kwami Kenyatta (?), formerly of Detroit, still lives in Jackson across the street from Octavius (Antar Lumumba). They have planned this comeback throughout Yarber's term. Watch out Jackson!!

The fbi does not get sucked into local pettiness easily. RSS's claim of politics might seem credible until you consider the FBI is involved.

Chucky Jr. is his defense team. That wannabe civil rights martyr and his dad's "vision" is just as racist the Klan in the 60's. This may be the start of Freedom Summer v.2016.

Yes, the FBI's involvement is indicative of some substance.

Funny how the best Antar could muster is that this "doesn't pass the smell test." If that's the best defense they can come up with, then RSS is in deep trouble. Looking at the people involved (Antar, the Sweets, Knott, RSS) it is pretty obvious the good ol' boy network is very, very strong in Jackson.

I wonder if Kidd and Green are tied into this as well (they probably are)?

One would think that Smith would want to retain someone more credible than Antar. What do the jail visitor logs of the past few years reveal?

Don't think 9:53 that Green and RSS are on the same page.

Hinds county is now the new heart of the delta.

If you flipped channels enough to catch more than the 30 second blurb, Chokwe finally admitted that he is not RSS's attorney, but just here as a concerned citizen, i.e. face time! The whole thing was just surreal, though. Chokwe basically said "it's just misdemeanors, no big deal." He might want to sit back and let the big picture unfold before taking political sides on this one. The FBI isn't interested unless there's a fire that started that smoke. With all the rumors that have flown around RSS for years now, I suspect this is going to get interesting if he decides to fight.

In my view Melvin Priester is a very good judge when I've been before him. As sophisticated a judge as I've practiced before. That he is disgusted with RSS and signed as notary to the Affidavit means RSS is indeed in trouble and it is not a setup.

Lumboomafo Jr. is outraged about the integrity of the smell test. Word is that David L. Archie has also been engaged to community organize.

Someone mentioned Hood having nothing to do except pursue misdemeanors. Just last week he complained of having to put his staff on overtime to fight all the cases (coming his way) attacking the wedding-cake and dildo-sales law. Plus he's busy looking into Madison County ballot boxes. He's got some full-time shit goin' on!

Didn't Jim Hood get involved in Jackson politics a while back by trying to prosecute our esteemed/insane/dead/former mayor, working in cahoots with our esteemed/fat/grossly incompetent former D.A.?

Why yes, I think he did. Unfortunately he apparently learned nothing about the concept of jury nullification. RSS crushed Special Assistant A.G. Stanley Alexander and, if there's a jury trial, he'll crush AG Jim Hood.

Don't underestimate Antar's political instincts on this one. At the end of the day this will have nothing - zero - nada, to do with the law.

I think I understand the chain:

Ben Allen & Tony Yarber are allies. Jackson Partners pays for Tony's inauguration. Antar and his allies, including RSS, go after Ben Allen and by extension, Tony. This to pave the pave the way for Antar's upcoming run for mayor.

AG office gets in the way of DA's investigation so RSS indicts those that don't cooperate with him. So AG office investigates RSS and indicts him. Antar immediately comes to support of RSS.

11:40, any jury trial will probably not be with a Hinds County jury. Or a Hinds County Judge. Change of venue should be coming soon, if a resignation doesn't precede it.

Does no one else see the humor in the DA's closing ?


"These misdemeanors allegations are not only false, but designed to denigrate the credibility of the Hinds County District Attorney."

If he really thinks anything could 'denigrate the credibility' of his office any more than he and his actions/inactions has done over the past several years, his supplier is really giving him some good stuff.

@12:48 that's pretty close to the truth. Add in a Chucky Jr. using some big words and a few little key word phrases to his peoples and you pretty much nailed it.

Only problem is, Downtown Partners didn't pay for the inauguration. According to public records published on the Jackson Free Press, the Partners didn't contribute a penny to the inauguration. ???

Good analysis @11:40, but at the end of the day, yesterday is the TIP of the iceberg. FBI has more than a misdemeanor they are holding. RSS better use his head on this one.

This is just the tip of the iceberg. I expect RSS will keep shopping for doctors whoops I meant shopping for allies.

Whatever happened to the good ole days when the Hinds County District Attorneys office was operated by a man of integrity and concern for the people of Hinds County...like Ed Peters. If something isn't done the office will lose all credibility. Remember when?

Ed Peters? That scumbag?

Ed Peters screwed the pooch eventually, but that guy GOT THINGS DONE.

Ed Peters proved the axiom, "The point of being D.A. is not who you indict, it's who you don't indict." RSS is obviously cut from the same cloth.

Practice and Procedure in County Courts and Justice Courts

§ 11-9-143. Trial by jury.

On or before the return day of the process EITHER PARTY CAN DEMAND A TRIAL BY JURY, and thereupon the justice of the peace shall order the proper officer to summon six persons, competent to serve as jurors in the circuit court, to appear immediately, or at such early day as he may appoint, whether at a regular term or not, who shall be sworn to try the case; but each party shall be entitled to challenge peremptorily two jurors, and as many more as he can show sufficient cause for. If a sufficient number of jurors shall not appear, others may be summoned until a jury is made up, to consist of six, against whom legal objections shall not exist. If the jury fail to agree, it may be discharged and another jury summoned, and so on until a verdict is obtained, and judgment shall be entered by the justice on the verdict.

But maybe he doesn't get a jury trial:

"Uniform Rules of Circuit and County Court Practice 12.02(c) provides in part that "[i]n appeals from justice or municipal court when the maximum possible sentence is six months or less, the case may be tried without a jury at the court's discretion ..." Rule 12.02(c) thus only grants the trial court discretion to deny a defendant's request for a jury trial in cases in which the maximum possible sentence is six months or less. This provision is based upon United States Supreme Court decisions presumption that offenses carrying maximum sentences of six months or less are "petty offenses" to which the Sixth Amendment right to trial by jury does not apply. See e.g., Lewis v. United States, 518 U.S. 322, 116 S.Ct. 2163, 135 L.Ed.2d 590 (1996); Blanton v. City of North Las Vegas, 489 U.S. 538, 109 S.Ct. 1289, 103 L.Ed.2d 550 (1989); Baldwin v. New York, 399 U.S. 66, 90 S.Ct. 1886, 26 L.Ed.2d 437 (1970)(plurality)."

Harkins v. State, 735 So.2d at 318

RSS: 4 simple words: "Soap on a Rope". Just suggesting for when you have to go in.

MS Code § 99-33-9 (2015)
A defendant in a criminal case before a justice court judge where the potential period of incarceration is more than six (6) months in jail, in like manner as in civil cases, may demand a jury, and thereupon the justice shall proceed as in other cases. If the potential of incarceration is less than six (6) months in jail, there shall be no jury trial

MS Code § 99-33-9 (2015)
A defendant in a criminal case before a justice court judge where the potential period of incarceration is more than six (6) months in jail, in like manner as in civil cases, may demand a jury, and thereupon the justice shall proceed as in other cases. If the potential of incarceration is less than six (6) months in jail, there shall be no jury trial

I wonder if the bar association has looked at this? he doesn't have to be convicted to have his bar license removed. that would automatically disqualify him from office.

2:22 DJP laundered the money for the inauguration. Contributions from businesses and individuals were payable to DJP who deposited checks into their accout and wrote the checks to Yarber. Why? None were reported on his campaign contributions. DJP did, in fact, contribute to that fiasco.

7:27. Have you read the motion to dismiss?? Your scenario is crazy. From what I read, the transactions were straightforward and above board. And as much as you wish it were true, they were not "campaign contributions". They were also approved by the board attorney and the accounting firm BKD. Get. A. Life.

@7:27. Try not to get a brain freeze here and get confused by the facts.

7:27: You really need to read the Motion as has been said The contributions for the inauguration were after the election. They were not campaign contributions.

Contributions to DJP are not in any way 'campaign contributions'. If DJP raised the money with the intent to help offset inauguration costs - perfectly legal. This happens on inaugurations of folks from county level to POTUS.

To think that DJP doesn't have a vested interest in the City Council and Mayor is naive to the limit. I'd bet they would have spent the same contributions on an inaugural function for Jr. (Either Jr, for that matter.)