Clay Edwards Show

Over the weekend there were 2 gas station shooting, leaving 1 man dead at the Texaco on Medgar Evers BLVD then on Sunday at the Shell station (formerly JR. Food Mart) for all my old school south Jackson folks, a mass shooting took place that left 2 people dead and another 3 injured. That means 3 killed and 32 injured in just 2 shootings in 2 days. I believe that by the time the WLBT homicide tracker gets properly updated the number will be 73-74 homicides in 2024.

Let's watch the Democrat party send Joe Biden on stage for what his team is calling his "Big Boy" press conference

This morning on the Clay Edwards Show in Jackson, Mississippi on 103.9 FM WYAB my liberal co-host, lifelong Democrat, former Al Gore campaign staffer, former Hinds County Asst. D.A. for 10+we years, currently a criminal defense attorney Shaun Yurtkuran shocks the world & says he's voting for Trump as a screw you to the Democrat party!! We jump into the whole Democrat donor class and media piling on Joe Biden to step aside while his camp are firmly stating that he is not stepping down. Shaun is very upset with the way the Democrats have handled this and finally say's publicly that for the first time in his life he's going to vote Republican (for Trump) as an F-YOU to the Democrat party for how they've screwed this whole thing up covering for then turning on Joe Biden when they knew they should have pulled the cord much sooner and allowed Democracy to run it's course and let the people pick who they wanted to run for president on the Democrat ticket.

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The ruling on the case Grants Pass Vs. Johnson is the biggest decision on homelessness America has seen at a national level in decades. It gives some power back to the cities to establish their own punishments for people sleeping and camping outside. But will it fix the problem? One Jackson homelessness organization doesn’t think so. “If a city decides to exercise its right to penalize somebody for their position in life. That’s a terrible place to be,” Andre Devine, Executive Director of Hearts for the Homeless, said. Devine couldn’t believe the Supreme Court’s decision to allow cities to create their own punishments for those who sleep or camp in public places.

Looks like Scott county just had on of the most diverse and equitable meth bust I've ever seen, shattering the narrative that meth is a white only drug. SCOTT COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) - Six people have been arrested in connection with a drug bust in Scott County. On Tuesday, the Scott County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Task Force and SWAT team, assisted by agents with the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, executed a search warrant for a home in the 6000 block of Highway 35 North in Hillsboro. During the search, a “significant amount” of methamphetamine was discovered in the home and in a camper behind the home. Author Johnson, Reginald Williams, George Allen, Sherry Coonce, Kimberly Harris, and Sammy Anderson were all arrested.

Waffle house has decided to close inside dining and only offer carry-out service at all 4 of it's Vicksburg, Mississippi locations on Friday and Saturday nights starting this Friday, July 12th from 11pm - 6am. They will also beef up security at these locations due to an uptick in unruly customers

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba stands behind comments he made in a private phone call that a water takeover could make the city “no longer Black.” “I am proud that I live in a majority Black city. And I don’t apologize for that,” he said. “Now does that mean that I have any ill intent or ill will or any designs against anybody else? Absolutely not.” “But we’re like anybody else. There is some comfort in being able to be in a space that looks like you, that relates to you culturally.” Lumumba was responding to a question about commentshe made during a private phone call with former Water Operations Manager Mary Carter. The comments were played during Carter’s wrongful termination trial last month in U.S. District Court. The mayor was recorded saying, “We absolutely believe that there is a coordinated effort to take this water treatment facility and that effort... it’s bigger than the little politics that we get into. If that happens, that is going to be the first step of trying to make the city no longer Black.” Lumumba said that similar efforts had already impacted the city of Detroit, which he said, “[isn’t] as Black as... it used to be.” He did not explain in the phone call how the takeover made Detroit less Black. Jackson has one of the largest African American populations of any major city in the United States, with 82.2 percent of residents being Black, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. By comparison, Detroit’s population is 77.8 percent African American. The comments were made in July 2022, weeks before thecity’s main water treatment plant shut down, leaving tens of thousands of people without running water for weeks. The comments also came months before thecity’s water system was put under the control of a federal receiver. Others heard on the phone call include Dr. Safiya Omari, the mayor’s chief of staff, and Carter herself. He said the attorneys likely released the conversation to sway the majority-white jury to find in favor of Carter. However, he said that strategy did not work. Carter was fired as Jackson’s Deputy Director of Water Operations in 2022 amid the water crisis. She claimed she was terminated for speaking out in an interview with WLBT. Attorneys for the city claimed that she was fired for being incompetent. “I’m not going to be ashamed of any comments because I assume I’m being recorded at all times in life,” Lumumba said. “In every moment, not just because there are cameras. I always assume and have always assumed that I’m being recorded.” Lumumba said Carter likely recorded the conversation because she knew she would be fired. According to court documents, former Public Works Director Marlin King drew up two draft termination letters for Carter the summer before the water crisis. King was demoted at the start of the crisis and later resigned from the city.

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Three teenagers have been charged with capital murder after a security guard was shot and killed at a gas station in Jackson. According to Jackson Police Chief Joseph Wade, the incident happened around 1:30 a.m. at the M&M Food Express located on Cooper Road. Chief Wade said the victim, Roy Love, was providing security at the gas station when he approached three juveniles in the parking lot, asking them to leave. The three teens, 17-year-old Tren Wooten, 17-year-old Zaylan Norton, and 16-year-old Cadarius Choan, allegedly attacked Love, took his weapon, and shot him. Love died as a result of the attack. Officers responded to Woody Drive and Monticello Drive area to search for the suspects. Shortly after, the three teens were located. All three have been charged with capital murder.

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A new Jackson ordinance will require businesses to hire security if they have at least three violent crimes in a 90-day period. On Tuesday, the Jackson City Council approved an ordinance requiring businesses associated with violent crimes to hire security during hours of operation. The measure was approved after about 20 minutes of heated discussion, and after several council members and City Attorney Drew Martin raised concerns about whether the ordinance could be enforced. “I’ve advised the council on a couple of occasions now that while I think this is a well-intentioned ordinance, I do not believe that it is enforceable,” Martin said. “I don’t believe that the law would allow the city to require the businesses to hire personnel and also think the definition of a business associated with violence during hours of operation is going to be too ambiguous.” Ward 3 Councilman Kenneth Stokes disagreed, saying the council needed to send a message that the city is against crime. “If the legal department thinks they can’t defend that, then I understand that, but we’ll get somebody who can,” he said. “Don’t tell these citizens you’ve got to keep dying in this city, and ain’t nobody going to do nothing.” The measure was approved on a 5-1-1 vote, with Stokes and Councilmembers Ashby Foote, Angelique Lee, Aaron Banks, and Vernon Hartley voting in favor. Councilman Brian Grizzell voted against the ordinance, and Councilwoman Virgi Lindsay abstained. The vote came after the council amended the one-page ordinance to provide more specifics on what businesses would be impacted. Rather than businesses “associated with violence,” the council changed the ordinance to say any business that has had at least three violent crimes in 90 days. Banks initially recommended five crimes during that timeframe, but Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said that might be too many. “What I’m saying is five crimes within 90 days, that’s a lot. It’s a lot,” he said. “I’m saying three crimes, two to three crimes within 90 days [are] too many. Linsday suggested putting the item back in the Public Safety Committee, “because we do not have time to sit here and dissect this line by line today.” Banks said the item was held over from a previous meeting and there had already been a request for the City Attorney’s Office to bring forward any suggestions. “It’s rolled over to the time of the adoption, so, I’m trying to help get it to a place where it’s healthy enough to be passed [and] to have a good legal grounding,” he said. “I don’t want council members to feel like if something goes up for introduction... and I know you’re busy, I’m not trying to slight [you]... I’m just trying to get it to a place...” Martin said he’d be happy to sit down with Stokes to discuss the ordinance further, saying the first time he saw it was the first time it was on the agenda two weeks ago. “We’ve been doing that with Councilwoman Lee. We’ve done it with Councilman Hartley,” he said. “I think there’s a way to address the issue he’s trying to address and do it in a legal way that we can defend, and have confidence that our police can enforce it,” he said. Stokes also rejected holding off on the vote, saying putting it back into committee would be akin to killing it. “If legal wanted to do something with this ordinance to help stop these killings, they would have had a companion ordinance, which they do not have. That ain’t nothing but fluff that you tell the new and green people,” he said. “We can vote, Mr. President, I’m ready. If it dies, it dies. But we’ll keep fighting.” The ordinance will go into effect in 30 days, pending an appeal to the Hinds County Circuit Court.

From Outkick Oh, you thought Archie Manning was dead this morning? First off, he's not. Rest easy. He's alive, 75, and ready to thrive! Second off … you're not alone! Half the internet woke up today thinking Archie Manning had officially checked out, and it's all because one publication in Mississippi tried to jam as many buzz words into their headline as humanely possible just to appease the Google Gods, and, in turn, nearly murdered a living legend. Whew. What a sentence! Who says July is a dead time for sports?! No sir. Not when you have the Clarion-Ledger pumping out headlines like this: Archie Manning is alive, don't worry Hilarious. I mean, what are we doing here? Actually, I know exactly what they're doing. Or, at least what they wanted to, because I do it, too. Any chance you have to work Manning, Arch Manning, Ole Miss, Peyton and Eli into a headline, you take it. Those are buzz words on the internet streets, and they get the algo working. Now, should you do it at the expense of nearly murdering a 75-year-old? Eh. Your call, I guess. OutKick probably wouldn't – never say never! – but apparently the Clarion-Ledger (and Gannett) decided it was a risk worth taking. Unfortunately, this little sleight of hand didn't get past the internet. At all! It is wild that an editor actually let that headline go through, but, again, sometimes it's a slow time of year and you need the #clicks. This certainly got the #clicks. Promoting it on OutKick and Fox News like I'm doing right now will help, too. You are welcome! Anyway, breathe easy, folks. Arch Manning is alive and well, and turned 75 in May. Why the fine folks in Jackson decided to write about it in July, I have no clue. But, they did, and they're getting dragged through the mud for it.

BYRAM, Miss. (WLBT) - One woman is in custody, and another is wanted after stealing over $1,900 worth of items from the Byram Walmart. A press release says that on July 1, the Walmart Asset Protection Team notified officers of someone leaving Walmart who had just shoplifted several items. Officers found the suspect’s vehicle at a local fireworks stand. There, they made contact with Shaneqia Shuntel Harvey and recovered the stolen merchandise. After further investigation, officers developed a second suspect, Deneshia Harvey, also known as “Lit Bit.” Investigators determined she was an accomplice to the shoplifting. According to the press release, “Lit Bit” fled once officers made contact with Shaneqia. Authorities say the two are responsible for several other shoplifting cases throughout the area as well as a prior outstanding felony warrant with the Byram Police Department for felony shoplifting. Shaneqia Harvey is charged with two counts of shoplifting and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

1- Matthew Bishop, host of the Full Story on WYAB 103.9, joins me to break down the Supreme Court's decision on presidential immunity, along with the left's total meltdown and the right's premature celebration. 2- Kingfish from Jackson Jambalaya joins the show to discuss the outright shenanigans involving the lease and lack of rent payments between the management team at Smith-Wills Stadium and the city of Jackson. Is it incompetence or corruption? 3- Stop calling what's happening to Joe Biden "elder abuse." There's zero abuse happening to that evil, old man. He wanted to be president, and that's exactly what he is. Nobody is making him remain the most powerful, pampered man on the planet. 4- I don't want to sound too negative because I think we're winning, but we still need to enjoy every last moment of what resembles what we consider "normal times" here in America. Enjoy this Independence Day with your friends and family, enjoy this upcoming football season, and don't let the left steal your joy as they drive our country off a cliff. 5-In the fallout from the Supreme Court's decision on presidential immunity, Joe Biden's paid campaign surrogates are out here calling for the assassination of Donald Trump and high-level MAGA operatives. Never underestimate the left's ability to be hateful, murderous monsters.

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - House Bill 1020, one of the more controversial bills passed during the 2023 Legislative session, is now in effect. “We’re all excited about working with more law enforcement because any time you see blue lights, you’re gonna not quite commit the crime,” said Wendell Watts. Previously, the Capitol Complex Improvement District spanned over 8.63 square miles. Now, that coverage area has doubled, giving Capitol Police primary jurisdiction in 15% of Jackson. “We’ve been building our police force, too,” said Mississippi Department of Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell. “We were granted up to 150 officers a year ago, and we’ve reached that goal. We actually have a couple more than that. So we built that foresight, [and] we’ve been preparing, and we’re ready for the expansion.” So what happens if you call 911 in the new CCID? “911, right now, will go through all of us, Watts explained. “[It] will go through the Jackson Police Department. Now once AT&T is done with the 911 system for Capitol [Police], they will be routed to their dispatch system at that point.” When it comes to the new court system where judges and prosecutors are appointed rather than elected, construction on the new court house and holding facility is still in the works. “I think there were certain aspects of it that was struck down,” Tindell said. “But one of the things that did remain was having the CCID court, which is focused on misdemeanors, preliminary hearings, and bond hearings. Every municipality across the state has one of those.” However, Chief Justice Mike Randolph has yet to appoint a CCID judge at this time, which means the Jackson Municipal Court judges will continue to handle Capitol Police cases. Despite the coordination overlap in dispatch, court hearings, and cases, DPS and JPD feel the transition will be smooth. “I haven’t seen that type of collaboration in a very long time,” Watts said. “I think we’re going do a lot for the city.” “This is by no means a takeover,” Tindell said. “This is a force multiplier, and law enforcement agencies working together to create a safer city.” _________________________________________________________________ HINDS COUNTY, Miss. — The Hinds County Sheriff’s Office is teaming up with Capitol police to launch the "4th of July Holiday Blitz." The operation, which kicks off Wednesday, July 3, and goes through Sunday, July 7, is aimed at enhancing safety and promoting “responsible celebrations during the holiday weekend,” according to a news release from the sheriff. The operation will include saturation patrols across Hinds County to deter criminal activity and enforce traffic laws. Residents can also expect to see traffic safety checkpoints that will target impaired drivers and seat belt violations, among other safety concerns. “Let’s celebrate safely,” Sheriff Tyree Jones said. “Designate a sober driver, buckle up and enjoy the holiday responsibly.” ___________________________________________________________________ JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A former Pearl police chief who was the subject of a 3 On Your Side investigation into possible misuse of Rankin County tax dollars now has a high-ranking role at one state agency while he’s being investigated by another. The Department of Public Safety confirmed Dean Scott started working for Capitol Police on July 1. Spokesperson Bailey Martin said Scott was hired as a lieutenant and will be over communications and dispatch but did not disclose his salary. The average annual pay for a lieutenant with Capitol Police is approximately $70,000, according to records WLBT obtained from the Mississippi State Personnel Board. “With the growth of Capitol Police, the department is continuing to build its team and seeking experienced law enforcement officers to meet the demands of the expanding district,” Martin said in a statement to WLBT. “Dean Scott’s former experience in communications will be an asset as a Dispatch Supervisor.”

From Magnolia Tribune- The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi has granted an injunction in the case challenging the new law known as the “Walker Montgomery Protecting Children Online Act.” Mississippi lawmakers passed the legislation this year in unanimous bipartisan votes in both chambers. It requires social media platforms to make reasonable efforts to prevent or mitigate children’s exposure to potentially harmful content while using the platforms. Governor Tate Reeves (R) signed the bill in late April and it was set to take effect on Monday, July 1. The case – NetChoice v. Fitch – stems from the trade association’s challenge to the new Mississippi law that claims the legislation violates citizens’ constitutionally protected rights, endangers their online privacy and security, and thwarts their rights to make decisions for their family as they deem appropriate. The U.S. District Court granted the preliminary injunction as the case moves forward, stating that NetChoice’s challenge has “carried its burden of showing a substantial likelihood of success on the merits of it claim.” “In sum, because the Court finds that Plaintiff NetChoice, LLC has carried its burden of showing a substantial likelihood of success on the merits of its claim that the Act is unconstitutional under a First Amendment facial challenge and, alternatively, a Fourteenth Amendment vagueness challenge, it will grant the Motion for a Preliminary Injunction without requiring security,” wrote Judge Halil Suleyman Ozerden. Judge Ozerden went on to write that it is not lost on the Court the seriousness of the issue the legislature was attempting to address, “nor does the Court doubt the good intentions behind the enactment of H.B. 1126.” “But as the Supreme Court has held, ‘[a] law that is content based on its face is subject to strict scrutiny regardless of the government’s benign motive,” Ozerden states. “That is a high bar, which at this preliminary stage of the proceedings, Plaintiff has shown the Act likely does not meet.” As such, Attorney General Lynn Fitch and her office is preliminarily enjoined from enforcing the new law against NetChoice and its members, which include Amazon; Google, owner of YouTube; Snap Inc., the parent company of SnapChat; Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram; Netflix; X; and other prominent online platforms. Chris Marchese, Director of the NetChoice Litigation Center, expressed his pleasure with the injunction, saying an “unconstitutional law will protect no one.” “We’re pleased the court sided with the First Amendment and stopped Mississippi’s law from censoring online speech, limiting access to lawful information and undermining user privacy and security as our case proceeds,” said Marchese. “We look forward to seeing the law struck down permanently.” Marchese said if the law was to take effect, it would mandate age and identity verification for digital services which undermines privacy and stifles the free exchange of ideas. Attorney Fitch told Magnolia Tribune late Monday that her office will continue to fight for the commonsense law. “We appreciate the court’s thoughtful and speedy review of this matter, but respectfully disagree that the Constitution blocks the State’s effort to protect children online,” Fitch said. “We will continue to fight for this commonsense law because our children’s mental health, physical security, and innocence should not take a back seat to Big Tech profits.” As previously reported, the new law was authored by State Rep. Jill Ford in response to the tragic death of 16-year-old Walker Montgomery of Starkville after someone he met online asked for money. When Montgomery said no, the online predator threatened to release a sexually explicit video of him. After continued pressure by the predator, Montgomery took his own life in 2022. Following an investigation which included assistance from the FBI, it was revealed that the individuals preying on the teen were overseas. Other instances of predatory activity on minors in the area were also reported.

Several new Mississippi laws are going into effect on July 1 of 2024. These are laws that were passed during the 2024 regular legislative session. Here are a few of the most notable ones: 1- Squatted trucks banned 2- New education funding formula 3- Medicaid presumptive eligibility for pregnant mothers 4- Protecting women in vulnerable spaces (SAFER ACT) 5- Driver’s Ed for schools 6- Runoff elections moved back a week 7- Sign language now a foreign language option 8- Protecting minors from online predators (Walker Montgomery Protecting Children Online Act) 9- PERS employer rate increase phase-in 10- Increased penalties for vehicle theft, shoplifting 11- CCID expansion in Jackson, Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - If you have a “squatted vehicle,” it is now illegal to drive it on public roadways in Mississippi. The law went into effect today. On Wednesday, May 8, the Mississippi Department of Public Safety announced that Gov. Tate Reeves had signed H.B. 349, which makes it a misdemeanor to drive a “squatted vehicle.” Squatted vehicles are those that have been modified to have their front fender four or more inches higher than the rear fender. A first offense would net a person a $100 fine and a misdemeanor conviction; a second offense would come with a $200 fine; and a third or subsequent offense within five years would net a $300 fine and suspended license. “The main goal of this new law is to keep everyone safe on the roads and encourage safe and smart driving habits,” the MDPS said in a social media post. “Modifying vehicles in ways that affect visibility isn’t just risky for the driver, but for everyone sharing the road.” The bill was passed by the House on March 13 and approved by the Senate on March 10. The House concurred on changes made by the Senate in a vote on April 17.

I'm joined today by Russ Latino & Shaun Yurtkuran (political analyst with Magnolia Tribune in Mississippi) to discuss the potential fallout of Joe Biden either stepping down or staying in the presidential race. We hit this from a bunch of different angles, I think you will enjoy the discussion.

Jordan Cummins (St. Paddy's Parade Double Murderer) was sentenced to 2 life sentences to run concurrently, he will not have a chance at seeing the outside of a prison until he's at least 65 years old. I use this whole situation as an opportunity to explain to people why you need to exit toxic relationships and if you plan on using your 2nd amendment rights to protect yourself, you better be damn sure that 12 jurors and the witnesses all see things the same way you did.

I continue to make the case for the state of Mississippi to call a special session to create a law to allow the state to put a municipal body like Jackson into a conservatorship of a decade or so and attempt to break this nonsense up at the door (to quote Kim Wade). This topic generates a great phone call from a longtime friend and ally of the show (Scott Anderson) with a very insightful and well thought out call.

1- Jordan Cummins (St. Paddy's Parade Double Murderer) was sentenced to 2 life sentences to run concurrently, he will not have a chance at seeing the outside of a prison until he's at least 65 years old. I use this whole situation as an opportunity to explain to people why you need to exit toxic relationships and if you plan on using your 2nd amendment rights to protect yourself, you better be damn sure that 12 jurors and the witnesses all see things the same way you did. 2- Trump was right, in most cases illegal immigrants are in fact animals and some are even lower than animals in some some cases. 3- I continue to make the case for the state of Mississippi to call a special session to create a law to allow the state to put a municipal body like Jackson into a conservatorship of a decade or so and attempt to break this nonsense up at the door (to quote Kim Wade). This topic generates a great phone call from a longtime friend and ally of the show (Scott Anderson) with a very insightful and well thought out call. 4. We get live reports during the show that there is a woman walking down I-20 East through Jackson toting a wooden cross like Jesus, well low and behold a listener (Damian) who's also a christian, faith based podcaster here's me ask for a picture of her, he passes by and gets the photo. This then leads to me ranting about how dangerous that stretch of interstate is and telling the 2 different stories about the time I had flat tires on the same stretch of interstate which led to me having to pull a gun on a guy once before. 5. Jerry calls into the show with one of the best phone calls we've ever had, he explains that Jackson needs to build a good foundation and uses the offensive and defensive lines on a football team as his examples.

In the rural South, we are conditioned to a self-image of small communities like fictional Mayberry where crime and violence are almost non-existent and the real dangers from gun violence lurk on the streets and back alleys of Chicago, New York, Detroit, and Los Angeles. However, the mean streets are not limited to the big cities. Rural Mississippians now live squarely in locales prone to gun violence. We don’t live in Mayberry in the rural South. We live in a region and a state with a dangerous rate of gun death and gun violence, and we are as a state among the nation’s leaders in household gun ownership. The adage in television news is that “if it bleeds, it leads.” In Mississippi, the first 10 minutes of virtually every newscast recount shootings that occur with such frequency as to become commonplace. In Mississippi, we consistently and strongly support the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms for hunting and self-protection. Mississippi does little to interfere with the right to gun ownership, possession, use or acquisition of firearms. We are an open carry state, a Castle Doctrine state, a “stand your ground” state, and one with what are considered by the National Rifle Association and other pro-gun entities as some of the most Second Amendment-friendly gun laws in the country. At the same time, liberal or “progressive” entities supporting limits on Second Amendment rights label Mississippi as having the worst gun laws in the country. The Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence – named for gun violence victim former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona – describes Mississippi’s gun laws as follows: “Mississippi has the weakest gun laws in the country and the highest gun death rate…(the state) passed a dangerous permitless carry law in 2016 which allows almost anyone to carry hidden, loaded guns in public without a background check or law enforcement oversight.” From across the political spectrum in the gun law debate, there is ample hyperbole and alarmist rhetoric. But the fact is that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has ranked Mississippi as having the highest rate of gun deaths in the country at 29.6 per 100,000 residents. That’s just over double the national rate of 14.2 gun deaths per 100,000 residents. Mississippi was an early milepost in the nation’s litany of school shootings when student Luke Woodham killed his mother at their home, then drove to Pearl High School and fatally shot two students and wounded seven others on Oct. 1, 1997. That shooting was a little more than a year after Jackson firefighter Kenneth Tornes killed his wife at home, then drove to Jackson’s Central Fire Station and killed four of his supervisors. That was a quarter-century ago. Now, the scourge of gun violence has become more commonplace and pedestrian. Young people are settling what seems to be insanely inconsequential differences and disputes with deadly force using guns. Last year, a study published in theJournal of the American Medical Association’s Surgeryfound that firearm deaths are more likely in small rural towns than in major urban centers. Data from the CDC showed that politically red states had the highest firearm mortality rates while the politically blue states had lower firearm mortality rates. In Mississippi, 2020 research showed that of gun deaths, 47% were suicides and 47% were homicides. That compared with 61% suicides and 36% homicides nationally that year. From a practical political standpoint, legislation restricting Second Amendment rights is a non-starter at the Mississippi State Capitol. But Mississippi’s increasingly consistent rank as the state with the highest rate of gun deaths should concern conservatives and liberals alike. The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities reports that the greatest impact of rising gun death rates is on Black youth. The group cited that “the rate of gun-related deaths for Black youth has increased every year since 2013, with a 108.3% increase from 2013 to 2020 compared to a 47.8% increase for white youth during the same time.” The state with the highest percentage population of Black youth? Mississippi at 42.9%.

1- The war on testosterone & fertility 2- Canton, Mississippi is aiming to take Jackson's crown as the deadliest city in America (per capita) for black folks 3- People are fed up with pretending the greatest threat to black Americans are anything other than their own people. 4- Something is rotten in Denmark, Smith Wills stadiums current tenants appear to owe the city around $500,000 in back rent while also taking in $370,000 in yearly rent from the VA for renting them a parking lot. Something fishy is going on, let's see if we can get to the bottom of it.

Convicted St. Paddy's parade double murderer Jordan Cummins was sentenced to 2 concurrent life sentences today in a Hinds County Courtroom.

Tunica County Sheriff’s Office has issued arrest warrants for 20-year-old Monterrius Woods of Tunica. Woods has been charged with the shooting death of Steven Burts, 23, of Dundee; Tednequa Moore, 25, of Robinsonville; Moore’s unborn child; and the death of Deshun Isabell, 24, of Tunica, who died with injuries sustained from the car crash that occurred on Friday, November 10, 2023, on Casino Center Boulevard located in Robinsonville. Monterrius Woods has been charged with: • 4 counts of Capital Murder • 4 counts of Conspiracy to Commit a Crime • 1 count of Drive by Shooting • 1 count Shooting into a Motor Vehicle Woods is currently in custody of the DeSoto County Jail on unrelated charges. For more information visit https://www.desotocountyms.gov/225/Adult-Detention-Facility jail docket. Capital Murder [Miss. Code Section 97-3-19(1) & (2) (j)] is punishable by life in prison or the death penalty. There will be additional charges forthcoming, and more arrests made for the investigation related to the November 10, 2023, quadruple homicide. This investigation is active and ongoing. If you have any information regarding this incident, please contact TCSO at 662-363-1411. If you wish to remain anonymous, contact CrimeStoppers at 662-910-0400. Any information leading to an arrest can pay up to $1,000.00. Tunica County Sheriff’s Office would like to thank the following agencies for their assistance in this investigation: Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives), Mississippi Highway Patrol Crime Scene Unit, and the Mississippi Highway Patrol Reconstruction Team.