Jackson Jambalaya

Things will only get worse in cities that “defund” the police

Can you give us specifics on the JPD no chase policy? What are the limits of that? If someone is kidnapped, are they not going to chase the suspect's vehicle?? Or will they just not chase lone criminals fleeing a crime scene? (Although one would still think a chase is necessary in that situation!)

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At some point, those of us who still care enough have to say screw it and do something about it. I live in Jackson and I know there's more idiots than not so im talking to folks in the suburbs here. If you continue assuming that this nonsense is gonna stay inside the city limits you're wrong, getting jxn under control is prevent defense for keeping Pearl, whats left of Ridgeland, Madison, Clinton, Whats left of Byram, etc. safe from these terrorist.

Who in their right mind would invest anything within the Jackson city limits? Jackson is their own worst enemy.

Kingfish brings up a great point. And don’t forget, a lot of those folks stuck in traffic are carrying also. And they’ve been trained to defend themselves.

Wish they would build a loop around Jackson in Rankin County.

Bring that I-55 donut shit up here to Madison County. I dare you!! Our LEOs have already developed a deployment plan, and we don't have a "no pursuit" policy, let alone an "ask nicely" policy.

KF, excellent analysis! Keep it coming, and happy new year.

Is anyone gearing up to oppose Chokwe in the next election that seems to be worth a damn?

11:20 AM
I already moved in May. Closing the old house sale in North Jackson on the 8th.

I wonder who they expect to ride those new Jatran buses once NE Jxn empties out of tax paying residents. The incompetence and misplaced priorities of this administration is unreal.

WE often hear that this person, the alleged "mayor" has plans to supplant Bennie Thompson in congress in the gerrymandered black congressional district.

I wish he would hurry up. He could team up with the newly elected "senators" from Georgia to form a vacuuous triumpherate of empty heads with no real plans except "gimmie, gimmie, gimmie".

In the long run, we must face Margaret Thachers words of: "socialism works fine until you run out of other peoples' money."

For Jackson to survive and even thrive, it will need a mayor, a real mayor, and a decent city council. Dream on that one for a while.

No chase is his excuse?

The interstate was empty - it had been blocked for an hour. Nobody else would have been in the northbound lane. The only ones that would be in jeapordy for miles and miles would be the idiots that conducted this wanton display of F**k you to the city's so-called leadership. The problem is, the city has a don't give a shit policy about things like this.

Congratulations Mayor. Right?

every person in Belhaven and fondren that watches the posts on NexDoor knows that for over 3 years, basically every friday and saturday and sunday night people are calling the JPD about the racing on the interstate and frontage roads b/w Lakeland and Meadowbrook.....then there is the reckless driving b/w lakeland and county line/old agency. Nothing is done. There are no patrols at night on I-55, there are no patrols on the weekends. I emailed Virgi Lindsey about this, and true to fashion, never a response. I can not help but wonder, why does a council strong city government continue to allow this. The mayor, who was elected into office with only 25,000 votes, is a total blind idiot.

Lumumba is actually doing a good job on crime based on his beliefs. The bottom line is that different segments of the population have a different belief on crime. One segment thinks that a 16-year old robbing a store with a gun is a bad thing. The other segment thinks the kid is misunderstood and just wasn't given a proper chance to succeed. One segment thinks that stealing a $30 item from a store is shoplifting. The other segment thinks that it is only a $30 item, and the store owner is wealthy, so it's not a big deal and the thief was really entitled to it. One segment thinks that if a cop responds to a 911 call, and arrives and is attacked by a criminal that is bigger and stronger than the cop, and the criminal has every intention of killing the cop with the cop's own gun, that the cop is justified in defending himself. The other segment thinks since the criminal is unarmed, the cop had no right to defend himself, even if the criminal was trying to fight the cop for the cop's gun so that he could use said gun to kill the cop.

You can read WLBT's facebook page about this incident on I-55. There is a certain segment saying it ain't a big deal, they didn't hurt anybody, they were just having fun. Read about all the people in Jackson stealing water and most facebook posters will defend the thief.

12:05 PM Very astute.
12:07 PM Strong Point.
12:11 PM Thanks for pointing me to Nextdoor.

I don’t get the point of posting “news” articles like this and then not approving historically truthful comments. If you just tiptoe around the problem for fear of being labeled a “racist” then you are part of the problem. This is what the left wants.

The mayor is not an idiot. He is a person convinced of a certain ideology but totally challenged in it's implementation. It makes him look foolish. Perhaps by now he realizes that he and his father have the wrong job especially in a cash strapped hellhole like Jackson. Time to run to Sacramento or San Francisco or maybe just Atlanta. The "grassroots people" that he counts on don't know what the hell he is talking about anyway. Hang around here and he will eventually lose even the fools who voted for him.

so NOW they are willing to accept help? Over traffic......SMH at the logic of these new leaders in the bold new city.Chief Davis DOES NOT HAVE A CLUE....

Of course he will remind you that Jackson is only keeping pace with other cities that also have "bad stuff". Never mention that Jackson falls behind everybody in developing "good stuff".

Correction: We will keep pace in official's salaries. Is that good stuff?

Just bought second home in NE Jackson.

Superb place. Pool. Circular drive.

Very convenient to work.

Great neighbors.

Y’all run to your fake stucco zero lot line alcoves.

Such a great day ain’t it?

I think 12:18 in on to something. There is a fundamental difference in perspective than can only reconciled when there is irrefutable evidence to answer the question "Does it work?"

I also agree with 12:50 that Antar is much better at dreaming up abstract plans and talking about them than he is at actually doing anything. Kind of like a kid sitting in front of a bong solving the world's problems.

Jackson's no pursuit policy is like a blank check for lawlessness. If you have the means and the bravado to run, then you have a sporting chance of getting away with whatever crime you just committed.

JJ, have any of these shown up in Jackson. Chicago has had 100s found there, going back to 2019. It's called a "switch". A small device that fits on the back of a Glock slide, making it full auto. Made in China, even has GLOCK counterfeit Logo. ATF doesn't know how many have been shipped into the US. 1 person arrested had 150 & was selling them for 500.00.

Man Ran Business of Selling ‘Switches' to Convert Pistols Into Fully-Auto Machine Guns: Feds
ATF agents executed a search warrant Monday at Leonard Johnson’s south suburban home and found five converted pistols and 117 “switches,” according to a criminal complaint from federal prosecutors.
Published December 9, 2020

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/man-ran-business-of-selling-switches-to-convert-pistols-into-fully-auto-machine-guns-feds/2390436/

Here's a Detroit News video on Switches showing up there in 2019.

https://youtu.be/v36t8wBSkbM

Here's an article about them showing up in Australia, who has strict gun laws.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-03/online-sale-of-illegal-gun-accessory-raises-concerns/11472316

Edwards, your contagion theory is bullshit. Stick to something you know and let us know when you figure out what the f' that is.

Is anyone gearing up to oppose Chokwe in the next election that seems to be worth a damn?

ANYBODY can do as good of job as Antard and, therefore, every candidate is worth a damn.

Cipher Voice is reporting on Facebook that NOBODY has been arrested in the I-55 North incident. Despite Chief Davis saying a juvenile turned himself in. Cipher says the booking ledger at the Juvenile Detention Center shows no such arrest. It's just another lie to downplay this as kids just being kids. If the mayor & police chief have to lie so much, there must be a lot more to this than they're telling us.

I can not help but wonder, why does a council strong city government continue to allow this.

Jackson is a strong mayor city government. Please catch up.

Has Millsaps - Chism conducted a poll on Lumumba's approval rating?

So, let me see if I get this straight: If I'm driving up I-55 at, say, 80 mph and there's a cop running radar, and if he tags me at that speed and takes out after me, do I have to stop? Wouldn't it be better for me to just speed up? On the other hand, is the no chase policy only for Baby Chok's "constituents?" What if I rob a bank? Can the cops chase me?

11:20 That's where you're wrong. If you're actually serious about crime, you have a better chance of controlling it....which the suburbs have, even in light of my hometown of Jackson going to utter shit.

1:17 You're clearly an idiot. You're walking a tightrope, just to show everyone you can. Well, you may make it....or you may not. Good luck with that

1:17 PM
I'll check back in 8 years to see if you still have the same opinion. My wife had the same opinion when she moved to North Jackson 8 years ago.

I am so, so thankful that we were able to sell our business in Jackson. We were broken into several times and had video. No attempt to solve the crimes was ever made as far as we knew. Time to stay out of Jackson completely. The crime will only increase as the mayor is not interested in having police follow the law.

what about mhp? isn't their hq less than a mile away from where this happened?

@4:25 PM - try to keep up. That stretch of I-55 is within the Jacktown city limits. MHP will only respond if specifically requested by the JPD.

But . . . But . . .But.

The boy wonder Mayor has shut down City offices for another two or three weeks.
Preventing the Rona is more important . . . (don't ya know) . . , and closing everything will stop
the China virus.

I-55 ?

That's not the City's problem.
Teens do that in Memphis too !

I can't wait to here more excuses from this lil' boy pseudo "mayor".

"Here is what the Mayor doesn't get. Once you lose control of the streets, literally anything can happen. All it takes is one driver saying to hell with this and attempting to drive through this crap. That is when the fun starts. Assume these cats are armed and not just with little pocket pistols. ... Hope those innocent people stranded in their cars don't get hit."

This Mr. Kingfish. Innocent people. Since this was/is an Interstate with a high probability people are passing through from out of the area, or out of state, and have no knowledge or warning about what may be happening. All Lumumba has done is increased the risk. An unbelievable statement and callous disregard for the potential fallout and circumstances.

Doesn't JPD have motorcycle cops? Where were they? Seems like they could have navigated through the I-55 logjam faster than patrol cars & broken up the crowd & stopped the spinouts & doughnuts. The mayor & police chief have more excuses for inaction than I can count.

I’m out

Unsure what this story is about, the statistics for crime that night do not bear witness to this story, there are no arrests or reports in that area about this.

The JPS "educated" masses believe everything that Baby Chok bloviates, otherwise there would be mass protests of the decades old water/sewer, criminal violence, zoo, and street problems. Business as usual in the radical progressive city of a Marxist mayor.

How can you Jackson residents posting on here continue to live in Jackson? Are you so numb to the multitude of quality-of-life problems that all is ok? Serious question.

I’m with 2:13pm - With all the JPD running radar on i55 this week during morning and evening rush hour, it seems their solution to what happened on new year’s eve is to ticket all the mostly white working folks coming/going from Madison County. I wonder if I just sped up when I see one pull off the shoulder to come get me would they just let me go like they did with the “knuckleheads” on nye?!

6:45PM

There are also those of us who moved and now live in the burbs but our businesses are still in Jackson... We're hamstrung because we're decades established in Jackson and real estate and commercial rental in Madison, etc is not an option. It is a difficult dilemma.

can't help but think that every CEO of every hospital in Jackson needs to call the Mayor to the table on this excuse. What if a ambulance had been in route with a patient in need of emergent care, or a surgeon on call needing to respond to an emergent need?

To the people bashing Jackson, next time you have a stroke, heart attack or need hospital care, stay your ass in Madison or Rankin and let’s see how that turns out for you.

Nice to know that someone can rob the store or a bank and as long as they have a car that speeds, they will get away with it

10:21 PM Hospitals have nothing to do with Jackson. The reason we can't build a hospital be because of the dept of health will not give us a certificate of need. Go back to school and learn Mississippi civics.

In the city of Jackson, you just need a fast car and you can do whatever you want. They won’t chase you or ever even try to catch you. Dang, that’s scary if you aren’t a criminal. I’m really not blaming the police. Their hands are tied by a “do nothing” administration that probably reflects the will of their constituents. If their constituents were not ok with that decision, there would be pressure to change it. Do you think that is happening?

Question: So, if it had been a wreck on I-55, is it acceptable that the police cannot get to it for an hour?

Councilman Ashby Foote in the news saying that MHP could have done more......What a joke, why don't you do more Councilman Foote......for over 3 years, we have all complained about the drag racing / speeding / reckless driving that occurs on our section of 55 and the frontage roads. Why don't you do something, and actually require there to be patrols during the night and morning hours that all of this behavior happens

10.21 Believe me is they could get a certificate of need they would build a hospital tomorrow in Madison county but it would destroy the Hinds county hospitals and put them near bankruptcy. we need each other let stop attacking each other

Want to commit some felonies in Jacktown? No problem; wear a mask and gloves, remove your license tag, do the deed, and you are home free.

Bank robbery? No problem; Home invasion? No problem; Rob a liquor store? No problem. JPD will be doing cocoa with the popo somewhere and won't chase you.

So, "Do not enter" please explain the reasons why you support the criminals who shut down the interstate and let us know why we should also be a cheerleader for this behavior?

You must have valid reasons to support your comment, right?

Or, are you in agreement with the rest of us that literally the only redeeming quality that Jackson has to offer is hospitals?

By all means, lets see that tourism promo.

Jackson: The city with...Hospitals.

January 6, 2021 at 6:45 PM
When we told our neighbor in NE Jackson that we were moving he asked us to take him with us. His wife doesn't want to leave Jackson and I doubt he'll get what he deserves out of his house. He had made additions and probably has a ~2500 square foot house probably worth north of $200,000 if it were in Ridgeland or Madison. I doubt he could find a buyer at the price it's actually worth. Our old house was only 1800 square feet.

To 10:21 I left Jackson because of this years ago, moved totally out of the area. I saw it coming. Lived in Ridgeland and saw what was happening to my neck of the woods and how people were maintaining their houses and appartments. If the state would rescind the Certificate of Need Laws, Madison and Rankin could have a decent hospital and so could a lot of other cities.

To 10:21 stupid, people aren't bashing Jackson, they're telling the truth.
Seems like the truth hurts your feeling because you know its true.

Well, that's what you get for wanting to be a weak knee "progressive".

Foxtrot Yankee Loser!!!!

WLBT: Council members call unauthorized I-55 shutdown ‘brazen’ and ‘lawless’

Banks and Foote believe Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba’s statement Monday -- that JPD’s no-chase policy prevented them from apprehending people in the incident -- could encourage more lawless behavior.
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“To make [the policy] public like that just invites, the consequences are, it invites more negative behavior, because they think they’re going to be able to drive away and get away and nobody will follow them,” Foote said.

Thank you 6:59. Ashy Foote is elected to actually do something, right? Pointing fingers really doesn’t help solve anything. So much easier than actually leading or representing your constituents. Wasting my energy even complain8ng at this point

Last time I checked there is a hospital in Canton. My wife just had surgery there.

But yes, the CON law needs to be rescinded/removed/deleted/shit-canned.

If a Jackson hospital suffers financially, so fucking what. Competition is healthy, even in health care.

The mayor is an excuse, a sorry excuse!

So if I lob a few grenades at a group of hood ratz who have closed down the interstate, will the cops not chase me?

I have a feeling that if a bunch of good ol' boy rednecks were the ones blocking the highway, the JPD would be all over that shit.

" For Jackson to survive and even thrive, it will need a mayor, a real mayor"

You've got to be kidding right?

The City of Jackson died long ago.
There hasn't been a real Mayor down there since Mayor Dale Danks.

5:09 Bad News. Even Dale Danks couldn't look worth a damn in Jackson today.
It's more than just the mayor.

Micah Gober: civics has nothing to do with bashing Jackson. I was simply saying if you hate Jackson, stay out. Including our hospitals and restaurants. I have a PhD in History. Educated yourself in manners.

9:27, the hospitals in Jackson don't belong to the City of Jackson, and they don't belong to you any more than they belong to me.

The water system and the streets in Jackson? Those belong to the city. You can't avoid the fact that Jackson is a poorly-run city by claiming healthcare systems that Jackson has nothing to do with except the location (and providing plenty of trauma patients).

https://stacker.com/stories/3283/worst-run-cities-america?page=5

Chokkee ain't got no balls. But he sure got a pretty haircut...

Well - since the donut gang, I'm proud to say that JPD has been out in full force on I-55. They are out zealously enforcing the law, catching hardened criminals red handed. Specifically , I'm talking about them pulling over commuters with Madison County tags and writing tickets. Shut down the interstate for an hour - no problem. 72 in a 60 !?! At 1 in the morning, when you are going to work, and you are - literally - the only car on the interstate? Instant Justice for you pal! Guess I should have just started doing donuts...

9:27 PM
Are you a Millsaps or JSU professor? Just curious. I don't hate Jackson I'm just supremely dissapointed bordering on cynical.

In other news my wife has been trying to call the Jackson Water department for two days. She had been on hold for hours at a time. Today she calls and the phone nubmers are disconnected.

fed up in Jackson at 6:59, maybe you misunderstood Councilman Foote. Yes, the Highway Patrol COULD have gotten involved and helped, but there was one major problem.

The MHP does not have primary jurisdiction on the Interstate within Jackson, just like it doesn't in other cities. Although Mayor Talk A Lot said in his press conference that the Highway Patrol helps in other cities but doesn't help in Jackson left out a little detail. But his loyal Chief screwed up and kinda let the cat out of the bag. JPD never called MHP and asked for their assistance.

MHP does not have primary authority within any city limits, but can and will come assist whenever asked according to the spokesperson for MHP. In the "other cities" that Mayor Talk A Lot tried to pass off as an excuse, their police departments ask for the assistance. The Chief acknowledged in his response that JPD didn't notify MHP or ask for assistance.

Your question about the drag racing (which oftentimes is not on state highways, such as when they occur nightly on Northside) can't include MHP. The knuckleheads (KF term) on I55 the other night could have been stopped and arrested if JPD had wanted to catch them, which obviously they didn't. If as the chief said, their officers were trying for an hour to get throuogh the traffic to what they assumed was a wreck - why the f**k didn't somebody with JPD put a call into MHP and ask for their assistance dealing with whatever it was that was causing a multi-mile long backup on the interstate within the bold new city. (Or is it now the Free the Land City, I can't keep up.)

The blame for this lies totally on Lumumba and his police chief. Maybe we could get the laws changed so that MHP could patrol in this incompete Capitol City without having to be asked. But until then - we are stuck with this administration's excuse for maintaining law and order within the city limits.

What a joke for chokechok to show off his new JTran buses. They will be destroyed soon. The taxpaying (northeast Jackson) crowd doesn’t take public transport.