Sheriff: If Cops Are Harmed, 'I'm Going After' Councilman Who Called for Violence
Sheriff Jim Johnson of Lee County said that message is unhelpful.
Johnson said that in his 35 years of experience that he's never seen law enforcement officers being threatened the way they are now.
He said he would hold Stokes directly responsible for any attacks on himself or his officers.
"I can definitely tell you in Lee County that if any of my officers or myself are subjected to any type of harm in the way that Mr. Stokes said, not only are we going to look for the individual that did it, but I'm going after him as well." ...
A black Mississippi councilman suggested hurling ‘rocks and bricks and bottles’ at officers
Frustrated by high-speed police chases entering Jackson, Miss., from other jurisdictions, city councilman Kenneth Stokes recently offered a controversial solution: If residents see police from outside the city pursuing criminals in their neighborhoods, he said, they should retaliate. “Race is a factor,” Stokes said, noting that he thinks chases into Jackson have increased because the city has a majority-black city council, a black mayor and a black police chief ...
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