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Shaun King, an influential social-justice activist in the national Black Lives Matter movement, has endorsed Jody Owens in the race for Hinds County district attorney. King and his political action committee, Real Justice PAC, join a number of local officials and community leaders in supporting Owens, including Jackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba. King's activist work includes organizing a social-media campaign for attackers in the assault of Deandre Harris, whom six men attacked in a parking garage during the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017. King raised $60,000 for Tamir Rice's family. Rice was a 12-year-old black boy...

A man seen being beaten on video inside the east Market Street Parking Garage on August 12 is now facing a felony charge. He's being charged with one count of malicious wounding. The magistrate had a Charlottesville detective verify the facts in the warrant. Alex Micheal Ramos and Daniel Borden are both being charged with malicious wounding for attacking Harris.

A black Virginia man is speaking out after he says he was viciously attacked and beaten by white supremacists inside a Charlottesville parking garage during violent protests Saturday. Deandre Harris, 20, said he traveled to Emancipation Park to protest a white nationalist rally when a fight broke out. He said he was chased by a group of white men and beaten with metal poles as he lay helpless on the ground. Video posted by journalist Chuck Modiano, shared by Mr. Harris, showed a group of white men throwing objects at a black man on the ground and hitting him with...