Jackson Jambalaya

Not to mention the civil suit(s) that will be filed against him by the poor innocent perp's family.

Thank You Officer! I hope all works out well for you.

Reminds me of the sign a yut was holding.
"A person should not be shot just for trying to make a living"

Mayor to Chief of Police,” I want his head, I know good and damn well he did not shoot a robber, what in the hell are your officers doing”?

If the department truly sides with the criminal in this case, I hope what's remaining of the force WALKS.

The supporters of this criminal BETTER NOT start throwing around the line that he'd "be alive if not for the actions of this officer." Folks get shot at gas stations almost daily in Jackson. That logic no longer flies courtesy of their own behavior.

I cannot wait to hear how many chances this "victim" has already been afforded. It is unimaginable how self-destructive these people are.

The crowd you pander to will love it, when cops are placed on leave it’s for their benefit too. Even a cop needs consuling when he shoots someone.

BS. Where did I say such cops didn't need time off. There is a difference between recovery and punishment. Maybe you forgot the mayor saying a year or two ago that he thinks such cops should go through the grand jury not once but twice.

Of course, you'll defend suspending them for you a year or two.

Where's the Go Fund Me page? I'll donate to this hero!

Laugh at loud for your suggestion that this result (year or two paid) wouldn’t result in other cities of the same size. You and I both know better.

Jackson isn’t special in this regard.

If he did nothing wrong, what’s wrong with a grand jury looking into it.

Bad cops put good cops in this situation

We would build a statue to this brave officer in Madison.

And Mama will be on the news wailing and falling out cause her "baby" was a good boy

No one said a grand jury shouldn't. That's standard procedure in most jurisdictions. Sitting them on the bench for a year or two is different.

Choot'em in the head Elizabeth!

Why would you title this "Officer screws up" ? Thats quite an assumption without having all the facts.

6:54, we could explain it to you, but we can't understand it for you. It is that simple, if you need it explained you can't understand it. I typed it slowly, let it sink in.

I am sick of this dipshit Mayor's loud and continual apologists. He phucking sucks in every way possible and you know it. You are protecting jobs period. He is god awful.

@6:54pm - You must be new.

I'd expect there is video and that it shows a LEO doing exactly what they are supposed to do. This should be a week to investigage it at most; give the cop a 2 week with pay vacation and a promotion.

WLBT gives a very different account from Kingfish.

According to the Jackson Police Department, a 28-year-old man was fatally shot on E. Northside Drive in Jackson.

JPD says they received an armed robbery in process call around 4:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Shell Sprint Mart.

Once police arrived, the suspect, Solomon Jamison, began firing shots inside of the business and then proceeded to shoot at officers who were outside the premises.

Officers began to return fire, striking Jamison. He was transported to the University of Mississippi Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries.

Calm down you are spot on. Thank Jesus this Officer had the guts to react as he did; otherwise, it could have cost him and the sales clerk both their lives! LEO’s do NOT go to work Wanting to Shoot or kill another person but if it is their life on the line Damn Skippy their families deserve to see them come home each night. One to two years on leave is simply punishment for a job well done! God Bless this Officer !

Look at all the Christians wishing a head shot had been fatal.

Well, when the real time crime center can't help you in real time and the credible messenger took the day off, JPD using the cranial messenger was probably the best option.

It's now 8:08 p.m. and with what we know now in this incident it should be easy for Chowke to cue up the "mental health" card, right?

No 7:52 PM, we are all wishing these worthless thugs would stop their criminal ways. I dare say that if the Solomon Jamison had been in the store buying merchandise instead of robbing it while armed he would have walked out to live another day. Do stupid things and eventually you'll pay the price.

The officer should be commended for his actions, given a nice salary increase and all expense paid vacation.

7:52 Christians will be praying for non Christians.

8:19 You didn't just miss the point, you proved it. Of course the criminal is to blame -- but many of you Bible thumpers are genuinely disappointed he isn't dead. The title of this thread sums it up: an armchair bloodlust, at once flippant and depraved.

It's always sad when a life is taken, in this case the initial reports indicate it was a "good shooting" and the appropriate action. The deceased is someone's son, brother maybe father. He choose to commit this crime and has suffered the consequence's along with his family. No one is the winner here.

@7:05pm wins the internet for the week on that comment.

My daughter was in the store before police were called. In fact may have been the first call to 911. The robber shot a gun and told her to get out. I’m so thankful he let her leave and I’m sorry to hear he died, but I’m also thankful for police officers who run into dangerous situations with little or no information and make instant decisions that could cost them their jobs if not their lives in order to protect others. They aren’t perfect, but they deal with more than we, as civilians can ever know.

I got shot at in Jackson several years ago walking down the street. I moved 3 weeks later to Gluckstadt. Now I worry about deer eating my flowers and an occasional snake or turtle in the yard. I was born and raised in Jackson and have no idea how the city because so numb to the rampant crime. God bless all those without the means or the sense to get the hell out of there.

Suicide by cop? Yep, sure looks like it, and no damn foolin'.

Putting a cop on paid leave when he shoots a perp is not uncommon; in fact it is routine. It takes the pressure off the cop while the facts are sorted out and all the legalisms are exhausted, etc. I had a friend who was a New Orleans cop and shot and killed a perp in a similar situation. He was on paid leave for about five years as the case traveled up the state court system and then up the federal court system all the way to the US Supreme Court. He won all cases, but by that time he had lost all desire to be a cop and went into IT. This all happened in the 1990’s.

What a wonderful story! A criminal is dead, tax payers won’t have to fund his PD, trial, mental health treatment or his eventual incarceration. Maybe this will send a message to other Hinds Co hooligans. Praise Him!!

@6:39am - Haha, you serious?

8:45 sounds like he/she needs some of our Christian prayers because he clearing wants to join the Bible thumpers that he holds to such impossibly high standards of perfection.

Welcome brother.

Lord Jesus Christ, son of God, have mercy on us, sinners. Please forgive us of our evils. Remember us, grant us your Grace. Please do not let our evils lead to more evils. We are in every moment always in need of you. We love you. Amen.

Suspended with pay for one or two years. What exactly does that mean? Is there any difference between this and paid vacation? Just wondering what the down side is for the officer if they were justified in their use of force.

Agree with 6:39... once they become rabid, this is the best outcome.

Because it effectively cuts their pay nearly in half. They can't get overtime. They can't work details, even private ones, because they are on suspension. There are multiple lawsuits by cops who have been cleared yet were forced to ride the pine.

@10:33 “ I was born and raised in Jackson and have no idea how the city because so numb to the rampant crime”

Because society has been indoctrinated to believe that racism is more abhorrent more than gang violence.

Good info about the loss of pay, i have never thought about that.