Jackson Jambalaya

TRY NOT to stop in Jackson. The operators at Jackson's 911 WILL waste 10 minutes asking YOU for YOUR phone number, kind of car you are driving, how many passengers are in your car, if you or any of your passengers have any type of weapons, where were you coming from and where were you headed, have you ever been stopped by police before, so on and so on.

Funny story: A few years ago there were reports of another impersonator in Clinton, and shortly after hearing of this I got pulled over one morning in front of MC. He informed me that he pulled me over to let me know one of my rear tires was low. I told him I was aware of the situation, and thanked him for his concern. As he was leaving, I asked him who he worked for, and he said “Mississippi State Police”. I thought that was odd, as a trooper would have said Highway Patrol, and there’s no “State Police” agency. As soon as he left, I called one of my officer friends and told him about the story, and he said, “Don’t lose sight of him, I’m close!”. Of course I wasn’t willing to speed down Hwy 80 so my friend flies past me a few minutes later, and I see him make a U-turn with his lights on and pull this car over. By the time I pass them, I see them both on the side of the road shaking hands and patting backs. Come to find out, it was an ABC agent who was truly concerned about my low tire. I quit playing civilian detective after that.

Right, if this happens to you, you should proceed to a well lit area like a 'shopping mall parking lot'. WTF did he just say?

9:23 - That makes zero sense. Why would an ABC employee identify himself as Mississippi State Police? You weren't even near Starkville. I'm calling bullshit on this whole post. Low tire. Right.

Hunter S. Thompson gave sage advice on how to handle this situation in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream and I believe it was also portrayed in the film.

Maybe it was a trooper...they've been known to impersonate real police.

lol@6:03
Here is the cop scene from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas for those who missed the reference.
The scene is acted by Gary Busey and Johnny Depp.
Safe to assume neither of them are sober.

"In the specific case, the victims has traveled I-20 from another jurisdiction and was pulled over on I-20 between Clinton and Jackson."

City if Clinton needs a new wordsmith writing their press releases.

Actually, there is nothing, not even a land-mass, between Clinton and Jackson since the two share a municipal boundary. It's impossible to be 'pulled over between Clinton and Jackson' since you're in one or the other.

Most state agencies with law enforcement authority and responsibilities (there are roughly 22) have far more jurisdiction than the highway patrol, and ABC's badges say "State Police." If the state had any vision they'd reorganize all of the state gun toters into a real state police so that manpower can be surged when needed and information can be shared more freely. I'd be willing to bet that several separate agencies are working cases on the same scumbags in an uncoordinated, ineffective, and very inefficient way.

@9:05 I'm assuming since they're talking about travelling on I-20 that they meant "pulled over between Clinton and Jackson" to mean the stretch of I-20 between the last/first (depending on direction of travel) Clinton exit at Springridge Road and the first/last (again, depending on direction of travel) Jackson exit at Robinson Road/Hwy. 18. Having grown up in Clinton, we commonly referred to that stretch of I-20 as "between Clinton and Jackson."