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Rankin County residents demand accountability after sheriff comments about settlement
Summary
Multiple residents used public comment at the Rankin County Board of Supervisors meeting to criticize remarks by a county official about a recent settlement and to call for accountability and resignations.
A string of Rankin County residents used the board’s public comment period to criticize remarks attributed to a county official about a recent civil settlement and to demand greater accountability from local leaders.
Residents said the official’s comments — in which they interpreted him as boasting about a settlement — reopened wounds for families who say they were harmed by law-enforcement conduct. “They poured salt on the wounds,” one speaker said, describing news reports and recordings about the settlement and expressing…
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