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1 dead, 1 jailed in motel shooting
Wed,05/12/21-12:29PM , 4,744 Reads
The Grenada Police Department is investigating the shooting death of a Grenada man at a local motel last week.

According to Grenada Police Chief George Douglas, a man that he identified as Branden James, 33, of Grenada was fatally shot at the small motel on Frontage Road last Tuesday.
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Court of Appeals Decisions - May 11, 2021
By PRESS RELEASE - MISSISSIPPI COURT OF APPEALS
Tue,05/11/21-2:29PM , 1,587 Reads 40,617 Statewide
Listed below are the Mississippi Court of Appeals decisions for May 11, 2021:

McCarty, David Neil, J.
X 2020-CA-00591-COA

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Rep. Thompson says Mississippi jail death ‘equal to the George Floyd situation’
By JERRY MITCHELL - MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Tue,05/11/21-1:19PM , 3,848 Reads 48,024 Statewide
U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson is asking the Justice Department to investigate the 2018 jail death of Robert Loggins in Grenada.

“No question it’s equal to the George Floyd situation,” he said, alluding to the 2020 death of Floyd after a Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck for more than nine minutes.
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City supports Loggins case reopening
Sun,05/09/21-6:22PM , 1,569 Reads
A week after a Mississippi political organization called for the reopening of a statewide investigation into a local man who died in police custody, the Grenada City Council offered its support of any further examination into the case.
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