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 (DIR) Post #ASVAARiS1ApctU9YW0 by ashton@journa.host
       2023-02-09T02:21:11Z
       
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       NEW: The Mississippi House's white Republican supermajority passed a bill removing power from Jackson's majority-Black elected judges and giving it to judges and prosecutors appointed by an all-white cast of state officials to oversee the capitol district.Jackson's mayor called the legislation "plantation politics" and compared it to "apartheid."https://www.mississippifreepress.org/30916/white-appointed-capitol-courts-in-jackson-step-closer-after-mississippi-house-approval
       
 (DIR) Post #ASVAATRrZokeGcPKwC by ashton@journa.host
       2023-02-09T02:32:21Z
       
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       The Mississippi Supreme Court chief justice would appoint two judges to the new Capitol court district in Jackson and the state AG would appoint four prosecutors—taking power away from locally elected judges by the city's 82% Black majority.Despite being the Blackest state, no Black Mississippian has held either position—or won any statewide office since the 1870s.https://www.mississippifreepress.org/30916/white-appointed-capitol-courts-in-jackson-step-closer-after-mississippi-house-approval
       
 (DIR) Post #ASVAAVBd78xFeqpOue by ashton@journa.host
       2023-02-09T02:34:13Z
       
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       The Jackson capitol court bill's sponsor, Rep. Trey Lamar, said his goal is to "make our capital city ... a safer city."“This bill is designed to assist the court system of Hinds County, not to hinder it," said the white Republican, who lives 2.5 hours north of Jackson.https://www.mississippifreepress.org/30916/white-appointed-capitol-courts-in-jackson-step-closer-after-mississippi-house-approval
       
 (DIR) Post #ASVAAWxAXsZl8a4seO by ashton@journa.host
       2023-02-09T02:36:21Z
       
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       Jackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba explained why he considers the legislation akin to apartheid:“They dictate our leadership, put a military force over us and we’re just supposed to pay taxes to the king," Mayor Lumumba said.The state already takes 6% from Jackson's sales tax revenue to fund its capitol district. This new legislation would double that to 12%.https://www.mississippifreepress.org/30916/white-appointed-capitol-courts-in-jackson-step-closer-after-mississippi-house-approval
       
 (DIR) Post #ASVAAYkTs1cAho9m9Q by ashton@journa.host
       2023-02-09T02:38:37Z
       
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       Be sure to read reporter Kayode Crown's full story.For more journalism like this, follow @msfreepress.You can support our nonprofit, paywall-free newsroom by donating at https://mfp.ms/donate
       
 (DIR) Post #ASWWdQoQqfVydh8Z1c by chris@abraham.su
       2023-02-10T03:18:01Z
       
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       @ashtonHave loads run for office?@mjerbi