Mississippi Deputies Give State’s Law Enforcement Officers Disgrace And Shame

By James B. Ewers Jr. Ed.D. The events you read about and hear about sometimes make you say, did that really happen? It makes you wonder out loud, that can’t be. Our America is going through it right now. At every corner, our sensibilities are being tested and tried. Common sense has become obsolete. What have we become? That’s a good question with many answers. We shake our heads, thinking, what’s next? It’s not if anymore; it’s simply when something bad and evil will happen. Is being hopeful these days a minority view? I hope not. I heard a man who is running to be president of this country say recently that it’s going to be a blood bath. His tone and tenor are getting worse by the day. He has obfuscated and made the landscape dangerous. His actions have empowered men and women to be mean-spirited and hate filled. This tour of meanness and hate has spread to many states and organizations. One state that has had its share of racial hate is Mississippi. While good and great people live there, unfortunately, there is a faction that is giving the Magnolia state a bad name. Six Rankin County deputy...