Mississippi State Student ‘Shell-Shocked’ After Being Detained for an Alleged Threat

Mississippi State student ‘shell-shocked’ after being detained for an alleged threat

Mississippi State University in Starkville, Miss., on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025.

Black Mississippi State University student from Alabama retains lawyer after terrorist threat arrest

A Black college student from Alabama is looking into potential legal action against Mississippi State University after being arrested and accused of making a terroristic threat. Zayden Leonard, a 21-year-old junior from Irondale, has retained national civil rights attorney Harry…

Mississippi State Student Alleges Police Falsely Accused Him of Terroristic Threats

Zayden Leonard, a Black student at Mississippi State University, is alleging that law enforcement wrongfully handcuffed and arrested him and that he was falsely accused of making terroristic threats when he sought to resolve an issue with one of his academic scholarships. The post Mississippi State University Student Alleges Police Falsely Accused Him of Terroristic Threats appeared first on Mississippi Free Press.