Before the Rankin County Board of Supervisors meeting began Thursday, May 15, 2025, John Osborne held a sign outside the building in Brandon that read, “Steve Gaines claimed that Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker raped and doped your daughters. Steve Gaines lied.” Credit: Mukta Joshi/Mississippi Today
At Thursday’s standing-room-only Board of Supervisors’ meeting, several Rankin County citizens called for Supervisor Steve Gaines to resign because of remarks that some have called racist.
