Jackson Jambalaya

I hope this wasn't the employee of the McDowell Rd Metro PCS store that shot at the robbers. Could be the home boys didn't appreciate him shooting at them and they tracked him down.

It's been a bad few days for young men whose names start with "Tu".

Death toll will be 61 by thanksgiving evening. These are animals and have no respect for life. I think you will agree.

"very critical", "No known motive", "the fire is under investigation". Who writes this stuff? Is Colendula back on the desk?

While reportedly driving a car, a man who is subsequently and allegedly shot multiple times or more, gonna be hitting a nearby tree pretty much right away. So, even the most dense among us (irregardless of how dense them trees was)will be able to conclude, from the evidence, that the crowd that 'pull him from the ride) do probably include the shooter(s). So, therefore and in conclusion, it were a good idea if all of them in the immediate area was detain for questions.

That car is beat all to hell and back. Notice rear bumper missing, sidelight lens missing, multiple dents. Most telling, perhaps, is the fact that the gasoline door is popped, which must be done from inside the vehicle. Could this be how the fire was set?

attn 5:43 or Oyster Dressing. Thanks for your thoughtful insight. By the way, are you a product of the Jackson school system? Your excellent use of the written word gave you away.

Attn 5:43 For those of us less educated than you, what does "irregardless" mean?

Thank you, at 5:43 AM.
Your "very critical" analysis is not intelligent. If it was meant to be humorous it is not.

Do any of you grammar nazi's know the record number of deaths in Jackson for one one year?

Attn 7:53 We will not have the figures on the largest number of annual murders in jackson until January 1, 2017. Another feather in the cap for the current administration. If you can't fill a pot hole, how would you be expected to curve violence. P.S. Move to the suburbs.

Curve violence?

7:53, I don't know "the record number of deaths in Jackson for one one year", but I am positive the number is quite high. Every year people die from long term illnesses, car accidents....but wait, my guess is that you are referring to the record number of MURDERS in Jackson for one year. Quick search did not give me the answer to that question but, like you, I also would like to see some data.

As for "grammar nazi's [sic]", if someone really wants their written word to be understood/taken seriously then their writing should be as clear and concise as possible. Long sentences and lack of punctuation/proper grammar are not good.

It's probably apparent that I tend to be a grammar nazi. Oh, well....

From the year 2002-2014 the record number of murders in one year is 63 in 2012 which is about 9 times the national average.

Chicago has had 685 murders this year. Chicago is 15.75 times as large as Jackson. This being said, if CHICAGO had the same murder ratio as Jackson, it would have had 929 murders to date 2016. Your odds of getting killed in Jackson are 1 and a half times your odds of getting killed in Chicago. This is not going away.

"Attn 5:43 For those of us less educated than you, what does "irregardless" mean? "

It's a colloquialism, used the same way as "regardless".

Just as with "flammable" and "inflammable"; reasonably intelligent people can understand what the speaker meant.

And I'm too busy today to run any of those words through dictionary.com to satisfy the anal-retentive types on this board. If there's a typo there, so be it. As our soon to be Commander-in-Chief is so fond of saying, "whatever". Just ask Me-Again Kelly.

I was infatuated with the death count in the mid 1990s.

It almost hit 100 several years in a row but never quite made it.

Then murders decreased quite rapidly...because of the how they classified and reported murders.

So without manipulation of data the best answer is ~ 💯 is the highest number of murders the city of Jackson has seen and it was around 1995 or so.

6:54 and 7:20 are as dense as the pines on Belvedere. Can't recognize a little local humor when it pops them upside their thick heads. There is a lot of troof in the post at 5:43, irregardless (and notwithstanding) your inability to root it out.

Thanks for stepping into the rope-trap and being flung high up into a sapling by your ankles.

Signed: Oyster Dressing

The record number was 98 I believe. IT occurred right before Harvey Johnson became mayor and during his first 5 months. The "numbers" you must be referring to are the method Mayor Ditto switched in keeping stats -- to conform to the FBI method. This mainly concerned grand theft, etc. Never homocide. The Linder-Maple Study was permormed somewhere around 1999 and 2000. Many of its recommendations have not been implemented. All stats and procedures were tossed out the window during Melton, along with accountability for money and personnel. Nationally the murder rate was receding until the Occupy Movements along with BLM and an increase in violent entertainment were experienced nationally -- an increase in murder has accompanied this national trend. Almost all crime in Jackson involves drugs. Almost all gang activity involves drug distribution or use.

Attention 5:39 To quote an old philosopher (possibly Pluto or Mickey Mouse) Keep quiet an let people assume you are dumb, or speak up and eliminate any doubt.