Jackson Jambalaya

I can’t blame anyone for not sitting like a target at a red light (without cross traffic) at night in Jackson. It’s just asking for some 14 year old to use you for target practice.

If they fired shots out of the window they may have qualified for a gift basket from Tomie Green.

To be fair, WTH would the lights be set to stop the main thoroughfare by default? Who wants to be a sitting duck at a stoplight in Jackson for absolutely no reason?

While this is illegal and very frustrating, the F-250/2500HD, bedazzled jean, Yeti sticker Chads and Kyles in Flowood do this just as often.
The folks in this video as well as the Kyles and Anna Whatever's in the world just don't think the rules apply to them.

You see slot of criminals caught by traffic stops
Broken tail lights etc. then run tag and car is often stolen or suspended Drivers licence or warrant for something else and in meridian last week a major drug bust happened bc officer pulled over a car for simple window tint violation. If JPD did regular routine traffic stops or pulled a car over for ticket at red light I bet they would have much better luck with curbing crime

Traffic laws are broken every day, not just at night, by many folks. You can tell who overslept and is rushing to get to work.

No reason to stop and ticket, they wont pay fine.

Agree with 9:14 - I hate sitting at a red light in downtown at night. I definitely feel like a sitting duck. I support this 100%

In October 2020, Philadelphia City Council member Isaiah Thomas introduced the Driving Equality Bill, which would prohibit police from pulling vehicles over for traffic violations that do not pose an imminent “public safety risk.”

Washington Post,2021 : "Get police out of the business of enforcing traffic laws. Rather than continuing to allow WEAPONIZED POLICE OFFICERS WITH A TRADITION OF ANTI BLACK VIOLENCE to enforce traffic laws, we should create dedicated traffic agencies whose sole mission is road safety. As University of Arkansas law professor Jordan Blair Woods argues in a forthcoming Stanford Law Review article, new traffic safety agencies, STAFFED BY UNARMED EMPLOYEES, could enforce routine traffic laws with less VIOLENCE AND DAMAGE TO COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. Police involvement would be limited to dangerous situations."

Authors: TJ Grayson is a third-year student at Yale Law School. James Forman Jr. is the J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law at Yale and the author of “Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America.”

"The past week has given us a familiar set of tragedies. With the death of Daunte Wright and the brutal harassment of Army 2nd Lt. Caron Nazario, we must add the following to the list of actions that can shatter Black lives: having expired tags or temporary plates."

Ivory Tower Theory: The Ivy League proposes a Diverse Unarmed "Safety" WorkForce gently flagging down errant motorists to pass out safety brochures and politely send them on their way, driving pink Nissan Leafs and Rainbow Priuses.



Reality: 2022: Carjackings in Philadelphia have set a record pace in 2022 with 420 cars stolen so far this year. Meanwhile, Philly concealed carry gun owners have stopped 3 jackings themselves.


But, our Yale lawyers thought: "we should create dedicated traffic agencies whose sole mission is road safety". Brill. Almost like someone would create something like, hmmm, the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol.

But then disarm them, hire 300 pound nose ring pit hair sociology majors with green hair.

Ahhh, our "best and brightest" at Yale and Harvard and Berkeley.

The thought of stopping at a red light, not doing burnouts on I55, paying fines, having insurance, not shooting up little kids or murdering someone every day. Reeeeeeeee!!!! Oppression!!!!

no worries. they'll all be walking and riding bikes soon. the great reset is underway

just use stop signs. all small towns with little population and no budgets do

Why would anyone stop at a stoplight in Jackson? You are far more likely to be ambushed and shot by some random person than to have JPD actually pull you over and give you a ticket.

9:24 gets it right....the F-150 , green teeth rednecks crowd in rankin county with their yeti coolers, columbia fishing shirts, their costa sunglasses, all think that pedestrians and bi-cyclists are ''in their way'' and do their best to try to blow them off the road.
but there is at least one of those suburban rednecks still laid up a a hospital ,still wondering just what he got hit with.

This happens often on Old Canton Road (right in front of the police precinct) at night. I have witnessed cars never stopping at the light/intersection but driving on through without their headlights on.

Red lights are only for whitey.

Who in the hell is driving around in Jackson during the night? It is dangerous enough during the day.

When I moved to Jackson in 1973, this was the center of Mississippi’s financial operations. On this corner Deposit Guaranty Bank headquarters (Regions now). Also on that block First Natl bank (trustmark now). Merrill Lynch stock brokerage firm. And numerous other banks, savings and loans, stock and bond firms, etc. virtually all if not all have moved to Ridgeland and Madison. The same is true with virtually all major law firms which were located in downtown Jackson. One positive note, The Mayflower Cafe is still open, with (limited) security.

Deposit Guaranty was indeed headquartered on Capitol, but it was on the corner of Lamar and Capitol, not the corner in this video. It was acquired by Regions. Regions never was located in Jackson.

Trustmark is still headquartered in Jackson. But only a skeleton crew remains.

@9:24 & 10:26

Will both of you still be seething with jealousy when I take delivery of my $120k EV Silverado?

10:02 That's the fun of academic life. You can float any crazy ass idea, somebody is going to agree with you, and you pay no price if it's wrong. On the other hand an elected official floats some complete bullshit because some fools agree with him ought to pay a price when he is wrong. Especially if it costs lives.

One of those might have been me. There is zero traffic, so why in the world are the lights even on? (Except Jackson people have no idea what to do with a blinking yellow light - you do not have to stop!) Even more, there is hardly any traffic downtown during the day -> why does every intersection have a stoplight? It takes 10 minutes to get around the block and out of downtown with all of the lights. And then none are synced, so you get to stop at every one. Maddening.

@12:23 PM, I certainly won't. Have learned all these years to leave those prone to making stupid financial decisions all to themselves.

Like a Right turn on Red which is supposed, I say supposed to be done after making a full stop. Just another way to save gas, just go straight through. Next it will be left turn on Red w/o stopping. I'm sure many of you remember the old bumper car rides at the fair.

Wouldn't it be proper if they made that light flashing yellow at night due to the lack of traffic? Of course it'd be flashing red in the cross street.

Sorry, I guess that makes too much sense and would require someone to program something.

to 12:23....no not at all . cause your precious truck will be repossessed in about 120 days. happy landings.

Attn 12:20 P.M., apparently you haven’t been downtown in Jackson for several years. This is Capitol and Lamar. The city took down the stop light and reconfigured the interchange.

10:26, revenge fantasy by Pee Wee Herman. Cool story, bro.

Sorry Jerry, I won't be back to the Mayflower.

1:45, there is a round about at Lamar. This is Congress St next to Watkins and Eager. To the left of the camera would be the governors mansion. No hard feelings though.

I thought running red lights was required by statute in Mississippi. I see R/L runners at almost every intersection. That attitude and dangerous arrogance is part of MS being last in the good things, and first in the bad things.

@11:53. Isn't the Mayflower for sale?

I'm in agreement with quite a few of the comments, here. The light sync in the downtown area seems to be programmed to stop drivers at every friggin' intersection. And, I sure as hell wouldn't spend a lot of idle time at a red light after dark with no other cars around.

This video is worth an unlimited number of words in describing what is wrong with Jackson, and it has nothing to do with the number of cars on the road at night.

This is news?

By the way, it’s clear from the comments that your readers are literally batshit.

8:52: Judging by you comment, you learned to read by studying the social media posts of children who are equally illiterate. No person is "literally" bat guano.

My wife was T-boned by one of these Jacksonian types running a red light a couple of years ago. Naturally, he claimed that HE had the green light. Fortunately, she had a dash cam that clearly showed the light was green when she entered the intersection.

Now, I'll leave it to you to guess whether or not this Jacksonian had insurance.

Ah yes, the inevitable "But Rankin pickup trucks do it too".

Its always been a bizarre mentality to me, to vigorously defend the criminals in your geographic area. Its as if the occupants driving are the local football team that you root for.

As a 'burb resident...I hope the Rankin County Chads in a F150 get a ticket when they break the law. Pretty simple to me.

But if this disdain for traffic rules makes y'all happy, then with sincerity I hope you get what you want. It does not affect me in any way so I guess, enjoy.