Jackson Jambalaya

Anybody notice a pattern? All these small, cheap-product, businesses along this stretch getting robbed? Makeup places, dollar tree type places, joints that sell curling irons and hair clippers and lipstick? Is this the third or fourth. Thanks Mayor Mary.

I have news for you @6:09. Ulta is by no means a "small, cheap-product" business.

Here’s a pattern for you. Black criminals come to white towns to steal our stuff, rather than work for their own shit. And when they get dealt with, they cry ‘police brutality!’ and ‘racist justice system!’ And it will never, ever change. Lock and load.

Seems like a lot of Florida criminals arrested in Madison this past year. Remember the Miami gardens car theft ring

Well the thief was driving a really nice car.

6:45, like the guys from Rankin that came to Jackson looking for a black guy to run over ? I bet you knew them.

6:45 not this time amigo, but we all know that you can’t help yourself.

When are a hispanic man and woman considered to be black criminals?

6:45--they were not black

8:49--absurd comparison

Only if 645 is actually color blind. Dont think that's the case, though

Madison is and will remain VERY DANGEROUS so long as there is so much retail. Retail does nothing more than bring in undesirable "others."

Mayor Mary, BUILD THE WALL!

12 cars after a shoplifter?! Holy overkill, batman.

11:13, the PDs in Madison County, thankfully, are bored compared to all the daily activities that JPD deals with. Plus the shoplifter dragged a cop. Game on!

GASP! I can’t believe Queen Mary couldn’t stop this horrible atrocity from happening in our lovely retirement community. Since she’s an expert in EVERYTHING (law enforcement included), I’m shocked she wasn’t in the high speed pursuit (Or was she???). Time for Mary to go! #ByeMary

Some folk are so stupidly blinded by their own bigotry, until that when even presented with photos, don't get things right! In 6:45's zeal to be a bigot, he/she/it didn't even bother to notice the glaring details in the report regarding the race, a social construct, of the perps! Great going Bubba! Meanwhile, I wonder how he reacts to the crimes that do get reported, committed by whites? He/She/It probably glosses over them, offer up excuses for them, mention drug habits and mental illnesses. YOU are what's wrong with society today.

Attn 9:00 You keep Chokway and we will keep Mary. I think if you had any reasoning powers, you would see what she has made Madison. The only thing she hasn't figured out yet is how to keep the thugs south of County Line road from entering Madison county.

Mary's job until she doesn't want it anymore. Time for YOU to go. #SeeYaLoser

6:45 proves why Madison will never be what Mary claims it is no matter how many bricks and columns go up. Its just rednecks that moved up a bit from their parents' days in Jackson. Hey Madison, Seaside you are not. Oxford you are not. You might rank up there with Senatobia on a good day.

I remember posting months ago almost identical to the post at 6:09 and was roundly rebuked and told rather loudly that I was wrong...that these are not cheap ass businesses. But, they are. Ulta, Dollar Tree, Sally Beauty Supply...they're all low-tier joints that market cheap shit and draw shop-lifters. The mayor of Madison should never have signaled welcome signs to these types of places. She did put a strangle-hold on vaping shops and tattoo parlors and check cashing...but these cheap ass beauty supply five and dimes should be included. They are the Popeyes of the Hinds County and Juarez jet set.

3:pm, evidently you have not shopped at Ulta. It is not like Sally's or Dollar Tree. I would guess that you are either a single male or a married male who has no idea what his wife spends on cosmetics.

@3:00 PM - you sir are full of sh*t like the Christmas goose, but bless your heart. It must be sad to be living in Pelahatchie.

Madison Police don't care how many are killed in order to catch a $38 shoplifter.

I recall the high speed chase over the spillway for the disposable diapers.

I have lived in Madison for 50+ years. Mayor Mary Hawkins has kept apartments from being constructed anywhere in the city. As a result, crime rates are minimal, compared to Ridgeland or Rankin County. Any law enforcement agency will tell you that apartments, generally speaking, have more criminal activity occurring than single family dwellings. It does seem odd, however, when at least 2 patrol cars from MPD, sometimes 3 or 4, all get together to simply perform a routine traffic stop. Since the day Madison incorporated land West of I-55,the eastern part of the city has much less police presence. As stated in an earlier comment, the mayor will be here until she decides to retire. Overall, I am pleased with the city. For those who find fault with the city, stay where you are.

10:55 - Why do you refer to someone as full of shit for pointing out that these low tier retail establishments, even those that jack up the prices of cosmetics, are attracting petty thieves? They are. It's a fact. Whether they're selling putty for the cheeks or fox urine to dab behind the ear or whirly-gigs that hang from lobes two for a dollar, they attract rookie thieves.

They invest nothing in the community. The absentee business owner rents a space 38 feet long and twelve feet wide, stocks it with junk that attracts the bottom feeders and watches the cash registers ring. Shoplifting loss is simply part of the business.

I reckon it would make me full of shit to point out that these 'shoppers' do NOT live in town.