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Michael Corey Jenkins stands outside Taylor Hill Church in Braxton, Miss., March 18, 2023. The police shooting of Jenkins, who sustained critical injuries after he says a deputy put a gun in his mouth and fired, led the Justice Department to open a civil rights investigation into the Rankin County Sheriff's Office. Deputies said Jenkins was shot after he pointed a gun at them. (AP Photo/HG Biggs)

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Deputies accused of shoving guns in mouths of 2 Black men

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Mon,03/27/23-2:00AM, 166 Reads
BRANDON, Miss. (AP) — Several deputies from a Mississippi sheriff’s department being investigated by the Justice Department for possible civil rights violations have been involved in at least four violent encounters with Black men since 2019 that left two dead and another with lasting injuries, an Associated Press investigation found.
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In an AP interview, tornado susvivor Jermaine Wells says the residents of Rolling Fork, Mississippi who lost their homes are facing a daunting challenge trying to rebuild.

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Mississippi tornado victims wonder, 'How can we rebuild?'

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, ROBERT BUMSTED AND REBECCA SANTANA EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, ROBERT BUMSTED AND REBECCA SANTANA - Associated Press
Mon,03/27/23-12:13AM, 380 Reads
ROLLING FORK, Miss.
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People worship on the steps of the Rolling Fork United Methodist Church, right, as damage is visible to surrounding properties, Sunday, March 26, 2023, in Rolling Fork, Miss. Emergency officials in Mississippi say several people have been killed by tornadoes that tore through the state on Friday night, destroying buildings and knocking out power as severe weather produced hail the size of golf balls moved through several southern states. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Churches provide solace in tornado-ravaged Mississippi Delta

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press
Sun,03/26/23-5:11PM, 353 Reads
ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — As a deadly tornado tore through the lower Mississippi Delta, the Rev. Mary Stewart clung to a door in the hallway of her Rolling Fork home, shielding herself from the branches and chunks of debris that came flying through her shattered windows.
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Ezell Williams cries while talking about the damage caused to his properties and those of his neighbors, Sunday, March 26, 2023, in Rolling Fork, Miss., where a tornado swept through the town two days earlier. Emergency officials in Mississippi say several people have been killed by tornadoes that tore through the state on Friday night, destroying buildings and knocking out power as severe weather produced hail the size of golf balls moved through several southern states. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Daunting recovery underway in tornado-devastated Mississippi

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG AND EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS MICHAEL GOLDBERG AND EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Sat,03/25/23-11:21PM, 537 Reads
ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — Help began pouring into one of the poorest regions of the U.S. after a deadly tornado tore a path of destruction for more than an hour across a long swath of Mississippi, even as furious new storms Sunday struck across the Deep South.
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