Rankin County Supervisor Steven Gaines issued the following statement to WAPT:
I’ve recently been accused of singling out two individuals during a speech where I spoke about a wide range of issues facing Rankin County. The speech was over 22 minutes long and touched on many topics, including law enforcement and citizen safety. I want to be clear that my comments were not aimed at anyone personally, and I did not name any individuals," Gaines said in the statement. "Law enforcement and safety in Rankin County are topics of deep concern to me because much of my career has been dedicated to protecting the safety and wellbeing of our community. I take my role as supervisor very seriously, and I strive to serve each and every Rankin County citizen in my district. If there was any confusion, I want to clarify that my focus — then and now — is supporting the ongoing efforts by law enforcement in Rankin County to keep our community safe and strong.
Mr. Gaines caught hell after Mississippi Today reported on May 6:
Two days after the announcement of the settlement, Rankin County Supervisor Steve Gaines said the department’s attorney, Jason Dare, “beat the pants off of those guys — the dopers, the people that raped and doped your daughters. He beat their pants off....”
Parker has one felony conviction in Rankin County is for failing to “stop vehicle pursuant to officer’s signal,” according to court records. In Alabama, he had a 2019 conviction for drug possession with intent to distribute. Jenkins has no felony convictions listed in Rankin County. Neither has a conviction in neighboring Hinds County.... Rest of article and audio recording.
Kingfish note: Is anyone going to believe this statement? By the way, Jerry, release the whole audio.
51 comments:
Fat boy has a shovel and will keep on digging because he can't get out of the hole he dug??
Too little, too late.
Oh man the backpedalling and flip-flopping by these cowards churns my stomach. Hey, everyone knows what you said and what you meant. Stick to your guns and dont give the piranha’s a taste of your blood in the water. This is America and your words aren’t criminalized yet.
C.Y.A. (cover your ass) Definitions and Examples.
"..... It may also involve the action of protecting oneself by anticipating potential problems and addressing them beforehand, either with a warning or corrective action.
Explaining a prior action or comment in order to distance yourself from that action or comment".
i wonder who wrote that statement for him?
Gaines will be elected in Rankin County, and only Rankin County, for as long as he cares to run.
i wonder who wrote that statement out for him? maybe it was his super duper lawyer he bragged on.
as oddball said in kellys hero's......' theses tanks are faster than any tanks in the european theater. you see, we want to make sure we can get out of trouble quicker than we got into it'
Gaines talked for 22 minutes and only said one stupid thing?
11:38 - FTW. Exactly - this ain't gonna' hurt him even with all of the blathering you trolls post. His constituents obviously feel the same way he does, otherwise he wouldn't have been where he is for so long.
https://www.facebook.com/oviegreat8/videos/fat-drunk-and-stupid-is-no-way-to-go-through-life-son-dean-wormer-animal-house/1108595644115272/
Sounds like someone had a 'Come to Jesus' type meeting and was told what exactly he had to do, and exactly how to do it.
11:39 wins the internet today.
KF, Jerry can't release the "whole audio" because he didn't record it and doesn't possess it.
I doubt he gets re-elected after the mess he made last week with the zoning in Rankin County. Two other supervisors apologized, but *crickets* from Gaines on that issue although he did vote to nullify the zoning proposal after a great deal of pressure.
I doubt he gets re-elected after the mess he made last week with the zoning in Rankin County. Two other supervisors apologized, but *crickets* from Gaines on that issue although he did vote to nullify the zoning proposal after a great deal of pressure.
It won't matter. He'll still get reelected, just like Bryan Bailey will.
It would've been nice if someone had actually stepped-up and opposed Bailey in the last election.
Notice he never said in his statement that he isn't racist! Just that he wasn't referring to any particular individuals. Keep on digging, Gaines. The only reason he released the statement is to try and avoid a lawsuit for defamation.
Gaines is an absolute clown. He's right about the poor job done by the attorneys for the victims of the sheriff's department's brutal assault. The settlement was absurd. Hopefully this thoughtless, braindead fatass has opened up the door to a better settlement for the victims.
For the majority of Niknar residents he is a "good ol' boy." But he was right.
The reason people keep getting re-elected is partly due to less desirable candidates running against them. The Sheriff was the only one on the ticket. Some of you should put your hat in the ring. Or is it easier to complain?
The original Jerry Mitchell article says that Gaines was referring to the two particular men who received the goon squad settlement. But the Gaines' quote in Mitchell's article was not printed in context and there was no explanation of just how Mitchell came to the conclusion that Gaines' statement was in fact referring to those two men. So how does Mitchell know?
Bo Luckey will probably have a good chance if he runs for sheriff. He’d probably be better suited for that job than he is Chief of Capitol PD.
@12:46 PM The news about the Goon Squad came out after the deadline to file to run.
I'll throw my hat in the ring if I would be able to get free inmate labor for my chicken farm and cotton fields.
This fat boy is a liar, he was talking about those guys. He'll probably get elected again because those idiots in Rankin county are all the same. They love to pile up in church on Sunday but hate their fellow man. I don't trust any of them for one second in Rankin County. On top of that, those cops in Rankin county are also a joke !
I don't know, @1:40. Maybe Gaines was referencing the another major RCSD settlement made negotiated by Jason Dare that week.Good Lord.
Also, that statement today from Gaines screams not ready for prime time. Hopefully he'll keep talking until the victims get the money they deserve.
I'm pledging a campaign donation to any candidate opposing him. Out-of-state and foreign property owners are buying up Rankin County, planning to redevelop Pisgah, Sandhill, and Goshen Springs by first removing trailers. With no strict laws preventing LLCs from purchasing and transferring single-family homes via $10 quitclaim deeds, these areas risk being overtaken by Jackson’s influence.
Gaines and Barbie should team up for a racist hillbilly duo comedy tour!
Gaines can make jokes about blacks getting gitmo’d, while Barbie can share anecdotes about her childhood with a black female maid servant like in The Help!
It would be a huge hit if the pick certain rural regions of places like Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, The Carolinas, and Missouri!
I was a model citizen for 364 days last year, and y'all just want to focus on that one day I robbed a gas station . . .
I hope he gets reelected!
Somewhere a peckerwood sawmill has lost it's peckerwood!
You clearly don’t live in Rankin County, because if you did, you’d know there’s already serious movement happening to replace him—and not by fringe candidates. Several well-known, respected folks are considering a run, and they’ll have real support behind them. We’re not all idiots out here. Some of us go to church and still know how to vote with our brains. Keep watching—change is coming.
In Rankin County law enforcement and political matters….” It just gets curioser and curioser …”
Hey May 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM, paint with a broad brush on everything? I live in Rankin County and I certainly called for Bailey to resign at the time when we found out about the Goon Squad, and I have called for Gaines to resign (not my supervisor) because he is an embarrassment to the citizens of Rankin County and Mississippi. And I know of two people already running against Bailey next time and one of them or someone else will have my vote. PS I did not vote for him last time. I left his blank.
Taken over by Jackson influence? Racist!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Conservative Rankin voter here, agree with all above. Will never support idiots like this. Time for them to go.
May 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM, you ain't from the south, are you? Do you think cotton is picked by hand today?
have a look at the photo of this guy in the earlier article.
this guy can't even put his tie on straight.
how does he end up running the county?
to 6:02....i hate to pop your balloon but people been saying ''change is coming ' since the days of the gold coast.
just walk down any road and see how many plastic bottles filled with snuff spit that have been tossed out of the windows of the pickup trucks.
Just left the board of supervisors meeting where several constituents asked the board the sheriff and gaines to step down.
9:58-Oh, we’re popping balloons now? Cute. Tell you what—if you think snuff bottles and pickup trucks are the whole story out here, you’ve clearly been too busy sneering to notice what’s actually happening. Just ask Jackson—folks over there got sick of being embarrassed by their leadership and sent their mayor packing with 75% of the vote. That wasn’t a fluke. That was a message.
And out here? The right people are circling, and the wrong ones are sweating. Call us rednecks, call us churchgoers, call us whatever makes you feel smarter—but underestimate us, and you’re gonna miss the moment the tide actually turns. Change ain’t just coming. It’s loading the truck right now.
to 2pm........wow did you ever get trolled.
since rankin county is now the promised land get your self down to the robinhood area off hwy 18 and buy everything in site.
Gaines is a total idiot and should keep his mouth shut about this. No one on behalf of the county should be trying to sound or act like the victor here. What was done to Mr Parker and Mr Jenkins was horrendous. What anyone on behalf of the county should do is apologize and then sit down.
And although Jason Dare is a good attorney, he didn't "beat the pants off" anyone here. The county paid 100% of what it was legally liable for. Mr Shabazz, Mr Jenkins' and Mr Parker's attorney, way overshot when demanding 400 million dollars from the county, and that was just a publicity stunt on his part. There is no way that could or would happen or that it could or would ever be upheld on appeal. A county cannot be held liable for punitive damages which was the bulk of the claim and Mr Shabazz's demand. Under the law, the county was only liable for very specific and limited damages, and Mr Dare and the county paid 100% of those damages that it was liable for under the law. (The individual Goon Squad members could be liable for punitive damages, but none of them have a pot to piss in.)
As for Mr Gaines' comments, don't treat us like we're dumb, dude. With all due respect to you (if any is owed), it is very clear to whom you were referring to when you made those comments and that you were talking about Mr Parker and Mr Jenkins. You were talking about their lawsuit and then said Mr Dare “beat the pants off of those guys — the dopers, the people that raped and doped your daughters. He beat their pants off.” Despite your stupid attempt to say you weren't referring to them, it is very obvious and crystal clear that you were referring to them. You're just trying to cover your ass now and trying to keep from being sued for defamation, which honesty you should be. From here forward, just shut up, dude, and quit making yourself look even more stupid that people already think you are. Geees, what an idiot.
12:46
Rankin county tuned in voters here. We didn’t know about the goon squad stuff until after qualifying , BB kept it locked tight
1:40
Jerry was there and heard everything !
“Rankin County Burning.”…still
The low paid board attorney is giving the board awful advice. He was yelling and goading the public that spoke at the most recent board meeting. Our supervisors are clueless and bought. I'm sure it's hard to do your job when you have to be a legal counsel and PR firm for the corrupt sheriff, goon squad and supervisors.
The story about how Steve Gaines has foot in mouth diseasestarts to circulate nationally.
Look at the picture of the sign greeting folks arriving at the Board of Supervisor's meeting yesterday!
That's what people all over see when they hit these links.
https://www.rawstory.com/reprehensible-pastor-demands-mississippi-sheriff-resign-over-racism-scandal/
“He beat the pants off of those guys—the dopers, the people that raped and doped your daughters,” Gaines told the nearly all-white crowd of 100 gathered at the sheriff’s breakfast. “He beat their pants off.”
How much are the taxpayers shelling out to Jason Dare's retainer for him to follow Steve around and make sure he doesn't stick his foot in his mouth? Can you imagine an insurance company sending and attorney to sit by you at work to make sure you don't make an arse out of yourself. They are also spying on the NAACP meetings with these attorneys the board has retained.
Damn, Luther! Regardless of who he was talking about or even if he had called their names, you'd be hard pressed to find that actionable.
About the best these guys could hope for is being able to holler, "Keep my name outcho mouf!"
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