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What We Need to Know: Third Arrest in Tasia Fortune Murder, Black Voter Push and a Pulitzer Legacy
Eric Clark was arrested and charged with murder in the death of Tasia Fortune, whose body was found hanging from a tree in Jackson, Mississippi.
Jarques Ratliff pleaded not guilty, while it is unclear whether Earnest Lloyd Jr. and Clark have entered pleas.
Jackson Police Chief RaShall Brackney expected more arrests and suspected a conspiracy involving a staged event intended to derail the investigation.
Representatives Ayanna Pressley and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez described reported hangings of Black people as a national crisis and called for federal action.