Posted on 10/30/2023 8:48:29 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s
JACKSON, Miss. — Seven months of searching for her lost son brought Bettersten Wade to a dirt road leading into the woods, past an empty horse stable and a scrapyard.
The last time she’d seen her middle child, Dexter Wade, 37, was on the night of March 5, as he left home with a friend. She reported him missing, and Jackson police told her they’d been unable to find him, she said.
It wasn’t until 172 excruciating days after his disappearance that Bettersten learned the truth: Dexter had been killed less than an hour after he’d left home, struck by a Jackson police car as he crossed a nearby interstate highway. Police had known Dexter’s name, and hers, but failed to contact her, instead letting his body go unclaimed for months in the county morgue.
Now it was early October, and Bettersten had finally been told where she could find her son.
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Of course it’s not right.
Guarantees that there is zero accountability. And we all know what happens when people are given power and are immune from accountability.
Indeed.
This didn't happen in Memphis.
Death notifications are supposed to be done in person by officers.
The Mayor promised to make Jackson the most Marxist, Afro-Nationalist city in America.
Mission accomplished !
Other than being about 200 miles apart, in different states.
You obviously think there is a difference .
After spending time in both I would disagree.
Both Democrat controlled crap holes but you must disagree.
It doesn’t matter how similar they are, they are two different cities. Look at a map.
I admitted it.
Let it go ...
Happy to.
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