Jackson Corruption Scandal Nears End

Jackson corruption scandal nears end

With the plea bargains of former Jackson mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, Hinds County district attorney Jody Owens and Jackson city councilman Aaron Banks, one of Mississippi’s greatest public official corruption scandals comes to an end.

Black lawyers group statement on Chokwe Antar Lumumba's plea deal – Jackson Advocate

Let’s make sure we understand the underlying issue regarding the plea agreements of Angelique Lee, Jody Owens, Aaron Banks, Chokwe Antar Lumumba, and other Black elected officials; it should not be defined by the word guilty. In 2020, the city council authorized then mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba to relocate the statue of Andrew Jackson at city hall. Lumumba’s response was profound and should not be erased from his legacy as mayor of Mississippi’s …