People have been buried behind a Mississippi jail since 2016, attorney says

Re:People have been buried behind a Mississippi jail since 2... by autoexec on Friday January 12, 2024 @09:24PM (#38976753)

The NBC article they link to (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bettersten-wade-dexter-...) says that it wasn't the just family making repeated calls to the police asking about the guy they hit, the coroner’s office was too. There was something very wrong with that police department.

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Re:People have been buried behind a Mississippi jail since 2... by distortionfield on Friday January 12, 2024 @09:50PM (#38976877)

Sounds like thats a feature not a bug for the police.

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Re:People have been buried behind a Mississippi jail since 2... by opportune on Friday January 12, 2024 @09:58PM (#38976921)

Welcome to government in the South

It’s hard to understand the mindset of casual incompetence and corruption if you’re not from there. Local government runs on nepotism and good ol boys networks - it’s such a standard ingrained practice that it is not even surprising or cause for concern when you notice it. It’s part of why these areas stay perpetually poor and get brain drained to hell

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Re:People have been buried behind a Mississippi jail since 2... by euroderf on Saturday January 13, 2024 @02:29AM (#38977993)

All the while claiming the moral high ground, I'd suspect.

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Re:People have been buried behind a Mississippi jail since 2... by bozhark on Saturday January 13, 2024 @04:05AM (#38978309)

They have “police jurisdiction” zones.

They have their own laws

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