Families from across Mississippi gathered for a press conference urging state officials to release public records sooner following fatal and violent encounters involving law enforcement on Thursday, May 14, 2026, at the Walter Sillers Building in Jackson. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
The families of four men who died or allegedly were beaten in encounters with Mississippi law enforcement gathered outside the state attorney general’s office Thursday to urge officials to stop denying them access to video capturing the incidents, years after they happened.
