Carolyn Washington and her 5-year-old great-niece, Jaycee Washington, after the protest on Jones Avenue in Jackson Monday, January 21, 2019. Credit: Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/Report For America
Mississippi’s appeals court reversed the manslaughter conviction of a former Jackson police officer who pulled a man from his car and slammed him to the ground, citing insufficient evidence.
The ruling also rendered an acquittal.
