Keisha Coleman, executive director of the City of Jackson Office of Violene Prevention and Trauma Recovery, in attendance at Denim Day, an event raising awareness and supporting survivors of sexual assault, held at City Hall, Wednesday, April 30, 2025 in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
The ousted trauma recovery specialist alleged in an email to city officials that her termination illustrated Jackson leadership’s “systemic sabotage of community safety.” The mayor’s chief of staff called the allegations “false and misleading.”