Every day there's another headline about Mississippi, I think back to the time I called it a "deeply messed up place" on Twitter (I think after news broke about a vicious cop gang), and a local editor was like, "uhhh miss me with that regional privilege."
In a parallel universe Congress would place it and three other states in receivership to rebuild their governments and provide their citizens every right (formerly) guaranteed by the Constitution.
I've done reporting in and about Mississippi for 20 years. I've met some incredibly kind, principled, and genuine people there.
It's also a deeply fucked up place.
"according to a recording reviewed by The Post, Dobbins assured Hooker he would cover for him if Hooker killed 'in cold blood.' Dobbins used the n-word and a homophobic slur, bragged that he’d killed 13 people in his career," www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...