Not sure that the cop was doing anything illegal per se as much as the department was getting even with the mother for suing them over an unrelated case. Check out the article - it looks *really* bad for the Jackson PD as is.
I think I am on to something with my feeling that there was a coverup.
The initial story about someone getting hit was about a WOMAN and in the SAME LOCATION and at the SAME TIME. They also called it a hit-and-run and made NO MENTION of the police car being involved.
I am from the South and the Jackson Police are and have been a joke for decades.