Madison-Rankin District Attorney Bubba Bramlett issued the following statement.
Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney John K. “Bubba” Bramlett announced today that Khadafy Manning was sentenced to serve sixty-four years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections for the sale of cocaine within 1,500 feet of a church as a subsequent drug offender while in the possession of a firearm. In May 2025, narcotics investigators with the Madison County Sheriff's Department conducted multiple controlled purchases of crack cocaine from Manning at his Canton, Mississippi residence. During all the undercover drug purchases, a confidential informant was fitted with a covert camera that recorded Manning selling the drugs. After further investigation into Manning's drug distribution scheme, investigators executed a search warrant at his Canton home and discovered crack cocaine, marijuana, alprazolam, and a handgun. Manning was charged with three counts of sale of cocaine, one count of possession of cocaine with the intent to sell while in possession of a firearm, and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon as a subsequent drug offender and non-violent habitual offender. He pled guilty on May 19, 2026 and was sentenced to sixty-four years to serve. Manning had been previously convicted twice in the Circuit Court of Madison County for Sale of Cocaine—first in 2003 and again in 2007. District Attorney Bramlett stated, “We want to thank the Madison County Sherriff’s Department for their continued efforts to crack down on drug dealers in our area. Mr. Manning had already been convicted twice of selling cocaine, and yet, almost twenty years later, he was still selling narcotics in Canton. We will not tolerate individuals pushing drugs into our streets and communities. I hope this sentence is a message and a warning for not only Mr. Manning, but anyone else who thinks that this is a good way to make a living.” |
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Kingfish note: Where have we heard this name before? Remember when the ACLU sued the Madison County Sheriff over roadblocks? JJ reported in 2017:
Did Joseph Heller literally ghost-write the ACLU's lawsuit against Madison County Sheriff Randy Tucker? The ACLU is suing the Madison County Sheriff for targeting blacks living in apartments on behalf of a client who is also suing those same apartments because they are too dangerous. The client is also a convicted drug dealer.
The ACLU sued Sheriff Tucker last week on behalf of Khadafy Manning and nine other Canton residents last week. Manning and his allies accused the Madison County Sheriff's Office of using roadblocks and checkpoints only in the predominantly black Canton area while ignoring the predominantly white areas of the county. The ACLU held a press conference that made a great splash in the media last week. The media feeding frenzy began. Hot diggity damn ,we got us some racists in Mississippi. The ACLU even used the "S" word - "segregationist". Earlier post with copy of lawsuit.However, Khadafi Manning didn't exactly scream discrimination in December when he sued Canton Estates Apartments. Manning sued the owner of Canton Estates, Northmart Corporation, and Bennie Kirkland in Madison County Circuit Court. These are the same apartments that the ACLU and it's client, Khadafy Manning, says is the target of racist and illegal roadblocks by the Madison County Sheriff.
The irony of the ACLU lawsuit that it's client, Khadafi Manning, complained in his complaint that the Canton Estate apartments were too dangerous because of criminal activities:Defendants knew or should have known on and prior to October 7, 2015 that their premises were subject to regular criminal activities which posed a danger to their residents and their invited guests.
On October 7, 2015 at approximately 11:15 p.m., Plaintiff, Khadafy Manning arrived at Canton Estates Apartments for the purpose of picking up his children, who were living with their mother, Quinnetta Thomas, in apartment 6G.The Plaintiff parked his CRV Hyundai and started walking toward Ms. Thomas’ apartment. Before he could reach his destination, Plaintiff was approached by a black male, 20 to 30 years of age. The man called to Plaintiff to “hold up”, and started running toward Plaintiff with a gun in his hand. Plaintiff started to run after seeing the gun, the man yelled to him to stop. Fearing for his life, Plaintiff stopped as ordered. The man then ordered Plaintiff to lay on the ground and to empty his pockets. Plaintiff emptied his pockets as ordered. The man took Plaintiff’s property, and then without provocation, shot him five times, three times in the left arm and two times in the stomach. The man then took off running.Manning suffered severe injuries and was hospitalized for nearly a month. The lawsuit claims he became a paraplegic due to his injuries. He accused Canton Estates of being a very dangerous place:Canton Estates Apartments, on and prior to October 7, 2015 had experienced numerous acts of criminal assaults, and other criminal acts against its tenants and their invited guests. The acts were of such a repetitive nature over an extended period of time that it was foreseeable that such violent acts would continue unabated and that as a result thereof....
Now Manning get to rot the rest of his life in prison.
3 comments:
All Criminals Love Us
Excellent. He is going away for a very long time. Regardless, roadblocks are complete and utter B.S.
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