Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba is holding his weekly briefing. It is live-streamed below.
* Mayor Lumumba said there is a reduction of crime in 2023. However, the city has not posted crime data on its website for 3 1/2 years.
* Chief Wade said JPD increased from 221 to 262 police officers.
* Hizzoner said more neighborhood streets will be paved. Does that mean Reddoch will be paved?
* JPD reported only two homicides in November.
* Quentin from WLBT asked the Mayor to provide the crime stats. The Mayor said he would do so at the appropriate time as he "didn't want to upstage the celebration" over the reduction in crime at the press conference.
19 comments:
Three murders yesterday... yeah, reduction alright.
"... don't want to upstage the celebration."
I speak jive, so I will translate. "I have no intention of providing you or anyone else verifiable crime statistics for the City of Jackson."
This guy is a straight clown. My brother in law's brother whom I am friends with has been in the hospital at Merit Health in South Jackson in ICU had is car stolen out of the parking lot. The guy is in serious condition and someone takes his car. Then someone was shot in the parking lot and killed. Isn't there a law that you have to keep crime statistics?
I personally cannot wait to see the "statistics" released by this Administration.
No number fudging I'm sure.
More perception of murders. Right? Right?
Lol, upstage the celebration of reduced crime by providing the stats that prove the basis for the celebration? We're living in a fantasy world.
@1:46pm
be thankful they didn't come into the hospital and shoot your brother in laws' brother
I will bet my next paycheck the Mayor and staff use the expansion of the CCID to help Jackson stats look better. Guarantee they will not count any crime that occurs inside the CCID and that is why they show "better numbers".
Thanks for posting the bullet points. I can’t watch Baby Chok mumble for 32 minutes.
Ten people shot in Jackson over the weekend, but “crime happens everywhere”.
Lubumba 2024 by 62% of the vote!
weekly bleating
Typical for this mayor. He "says" the crime stats have reduced but won't "prove" or "show" that the crime stats have reduced. He says he'll produce the stats "at the appropriate time". When is that, mayor ? It's been 3 1/2 years since you've provided them.
If the reduction is worth celebrating, give the numbers and let's all celebrate. Until then, your words continue to be empty rhetoric.
JPD Chief Joseph Wade said this violence is "unacceptable."
That is getting tough on crime - Jackson style.
Inept leadership, violent crime an all-time high - and yet no one will point a finger.
I can’t possibly be the only observer on this blog who just simply laughs at this mayor anymore.
Now four dead from weekend shootings. One of the three men hit in the Waffle House shooting has died of his wounds.
Mayor Chowke was trained by the best - "Baghdad Bob." Right?
Why can’t anyone get those numbers. We know why Chuck continues to keep them hidden
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