Thread by @chefcarney

🚨Breaking News🚨 Here is my latest @MSFreePress Voices piece! There is a lack of transparency in Mississippi’s police departments that no one is talking about. Shout out to @DonnerKay, @kbrenemen and @AziaCimone for giving me the opportunity!
@MississippiAdos

https://twitter.com/msfreepress/status/1456063748209315842

As Rankin County deputies struggled with Damien Cameron in his grandmother’s home, he was heard screaming “I can’t breathe” in a back room before his grandmother found him unresponsive in her front yard.

The Cameron family sought clarity from law-enforcement officials to no avail. The Mississippi Department of Public Safety said that it will not comment on an ongoing investigation and that it will “turn over all investigative findings to the district attorney for review.”

The Rankin County Sheriff’s Office now says the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is now investigating the case and is “not able to comment further at this time.”

“Robert Loggins died in police custody at the Grenada County Police Department at 6:04 p.m. on Nov. 29, 2018. A jailhouse video, which the MS Center for Investigative Reporting published, shows several officers kneeling on the neck and back of Loggins while he was handcuffed.”

“authorities ruled the death an accident, blaming the methamphetamine he took; however, renowned forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden concluded the death was a homicide, saying the methamphetamine was not a fatal amount.” (Sound familiar?)

“Ironically, Robert’s older sister Debbie Loggins also died in Grenada County Police custody in 2005. Qualified immunity kept prosecutors from convicting the officers involved in her death.”

activists and community leaders are scrutinizing law enforcement’s use of deadly force.ADOS Mississippi, Mississippi Rising Coalition, SURJ and BLM Mississippi recently formed a coalition focused on seeking policies to limit the scope of personnel exemptions among law-enforcement

“Police departments usually cite “investigative material” in the Mississippi Public Records Act when they want to withhold information from the public.”

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