Thats a good description of our state GOP that runs the whole state, delta included. But that doesnt explain the sky high convictions and prison pop against a claim of DAs dont want to prosecute anyone.
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Of course, the GOP is definitely the problem.
Where was your indoctrination center?? Did it start in the home? Are you the child of college professors?
My claim comes directly from a black democrat county Sheriff who cannot enforce laws in his county because he arrests people, they get put in jail, and then they get released without being prosecuted.
You are applying your views on state/national politics to the delta and they don't apply. Every elected official is a democrat and the demographics are radically different than the rest of the state.
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That sounds like a dangerous situation. Perhaps the governor or auditor should open up an investigation into county DA who refuse this to prosecute anyone.
Prosecutorial misconduct is serious.
I don’t know if that is allowed in the state of Mississippi, but it sure is allowed in some other states.
Or perhaps the state's Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board should be involved.
A Prosecutor who refuses to prosecute is dangerous for the county and state.
In Jackson? Where were all the manufacturing and union jobs in Jackson?
Did you work at the southern poverty law center by chance? It would make sense for you to have so much time on your hands these days.
The system is working exactly how people in power want it to. No one in either party has any interest in rocking the boat. The people in control want things to stay just as they are because they keep getting elected.
Bennie Thompson. He's the one who lives in Mississippi and supposedly 'represents' his district... aka controls most of the delta region like a mob boss.
I wonder how many people who think Bennie Thompson "controls most of the delta region like a mob boss" can name the other 3 US congressmen in Mississippi.
To be sure, I imagine you personally can. But how many of these other boogereaters spouting the same nonsense do you think can?
" “leadership” figures in that culture are wholly focused on enriching themselves and don’t actually care about their suffering brethren."
Now that you mention it, it really isn't a mystery is it?
I stated right up there above here that I dont think any leader is the problem. Its macro trends. Shipping manufacturing to China was a bipartisan endevour.
Be dramatic if you want… I literally gave examples. Please give examples of anything Bennie has done to help improve his district?
If you think that’s a hot take you might want to start paying attention.
Yeah, I've heard this. I said so. But it doesnt explain why convictions and peeps in prison is at highs. Someone is getting sentenced. Your math ain't mathing.
No, im not applying anything national. Listen better.
Which is an incredible feat. But dont call him smart. Sleight here can take one look at him and tell he's a criminal and that he's not smart. Somehow........
Mob boss might be a bit of a stretch but I'm interested to hear why you think he
doesn't have a ton of influence on local politics other than democrats=good and republicans=bad. I may be a booger eater but I have first hand experience dealing with this stuff.
I take this as, since BT is a member of Congress, to please give examples of anything Congress has done to help (blank). Yeah, thats a tough one. Congress sucks.
Others here claim he's responsible for grants. That sounds like a good thing for his district.
Should we not convict criminals so we can keep the prison population steady? Could there perhaps be an increase in crime that has made the prison population go up? Is keeping prison population low more important than reducing gun violence?
You may have experience, but this thread of "Bennie Thompson runs the delta like a mob boss", and that apparently the same posters have no problem with how Trump runs things, is straight up booger eating level nonsense.
I have no problem with statements like BT is a negative influence on the area or he has influence in local politics. But the higher level nonsense on here today really just means some peeps need to step away from their propaganda and touch grass more.
Now we're getting somewhere. Who might be taking up all these prison beds that isn't the kind of violent offender that we want locked up, driving down sentence lengths for violent offenders due to lack of space?
Legit good question. US Congressmen clearly know, work alongside, and secure funding for lots of grants (in the Delta, in Mississippi, and in the USA). For anyone to suggest they are all-powerful or even close to it is close to laughable. I'd guess 85% of people can't name their congressman or give 1 single solitary rat turd about them.
Bennie has a little more influence being the only federal or statewide elected D official in Mississippi. But, like, that doesn't make you MORE powerful. Bluntly, I'd rank him at best as middling congressman overall and I'd likely agree with someone suggesting some fresh blood could be a good thing. Incumbent politicians are really really hard to replace
Im not applying anything national
Brings up Trump
Isn't from here doesn't work here
Tells us how wrong we are.
There's a lot of stuff on here I don't understand or agree with. I usually just stay out of it.
I only brought up Trump to see if I was getting a fair response. Can't take anyone seriously on politician criminality if they dont have major problems with Trump.
Im not from the delta but I am a lifelong Mississippian and I do have relevant experience from Jackson and the rural south parts of MS.
Here you are doing the blue vs red stuff again. I want my county and region to be safer you want to play "whatabout". I don't think that justice reform and locking up violent criminals should be mutually exclusive.
I'll ignore the stupid part of your post, as it seems you and reacharound are in your feels today.
Bennie Thompson is a shill, a paper congressman who does nothing for the betterment of Mississippi on the whole. He enriches himself and only focuses on representing minority issues which he knows the federal goverment will fund. It's all he cares about (other than his hallowed appointment as head of the Trump-hunting "January 6th Committee"). From his website:
Bennie Thompson has served as the U.S. Representative for Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District since 1993, making him the state's longest-serving African American elected official. As the sole Democrat in Mississippi's congressional delegation, he focuses heavily on civil rights, rural development, and securing federal funding for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
Prior to his time in Congress, Thompson was a foundational figure in Mississippi's grassroots civil rights movement. He organized voter registration drives with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), served as an alderman and mayor of Bolton, Mississippi, and was a key plaintiff in the Ayers v. Fordice desegregation lawsuit, which sought to end funding disparities in Mississippi's higher education system.
Throughout his multi-decade tenure in the House of Representatives, Thompson has secured millions in federal grants and spearheaded targeted local initiatives, including:
- HBCU Support: Securing crucial equity funding and research grants for Mississippi's HBCUs, including Tougaloo College and Jackson State University.
- Healthcare & Social Services: Co-authoring legislation to establish the National Center for Minority Health and Health Care Disparities, improving healthcare access in underserved rural communities.
I dont see anything red vs blue about that. Its a fair question. I hope I get a fair response.
Its not about his status nationally or even on the other side of the state. You cannot understand it until you experience it. I get it sounds tinfoil hat and stupid but it is real.Legit good question. US Congressmen clearly know, work alongside, and secure funding for lots of grants (in the Delta, in Mississippi, and in the USA). For anyone to suggest they are all-powerful or even close to it is close to laughable. I'd guess 85% of people can't name their congressman or give 1 single solitary rat turd about them.
Bennie has a little more influence being the only federal or statewide elected D official in Mississippi. But, like, that doesn't make you MORE powerful. Bluntly, I'd rank him at best as middling congressman overall and I'd likely agree with someone suggesting some fresh blood could be a good thing. Incumbent politicians are really really hard to replace
Sorry bub, I'm not a racist since that's the card you want so badly to play but are scared to pull out. I've met and had conversations with the man. I can assure you he's not on the right side of the bell curve.
Which would normally drive peeps to question if he could be some master mob boss.....
For the record I’m not a Democrat or Republican. I pretty much hate all politicians. However, I have seen first hand what the local leaders working with Bennie have done to communities that are run by Democrats and it’s sad that people accept it.
Also, the community has begged Shad to investigate and he has done nothing.
Also, the community has begged Shad to investigate and he has done nothing.
With hardly any new business coming to the region someone who has knowledge of and influence on how and where federal grant money is spent could have a lot of power in a place where fresh money is extremely scarce. Someone who has made a congressional salary + however else side money over a 30 year career would have a lot more money than people in one of the most impoverished areas in the counrty.
Fair.
Where this starts to go booger level though is when people want to then follow that by saying the state legislator and governor have no power on these localities. Nope, just them Dem local leaders.
No, it’s not. It’s sad, but it’s not a mystery what the problems are, unless you just choose to be willfully ignorant because it benefits you or makes your chosen politics easier to defend.
The quote was "like" a mob boss. "Like" in this case is being used as a preposition - a word used to indicate a similarity between two situations. Meaning he skims money off the top of the federal funding that comes in, strongarms certain groups to do his bidding using threats to cry racism, tries to cancel/shut down his political adversaries, etc.
Did you really think that all mafia bosses/heads of cartels/democratic congressmen had to have a high IQ to get where they are? Or was this just the one thing you could pick out to focus on, to distract from the real points you don't want to address?
Aren't you doing the same thing as the booger eaters? Jumping through hoops to defend someone you have no experience with because he is a democrat? Or is it different because democrats are super smart and republicans are dumb?