Racism is alive and well in America. Mississippi Republicans are plotting to draw a new unelected apartheid-style judicial district in the capitol of Jackson that would contain 80% of the majority-Black city's white inhabitants.
They would enjoy their own police force and their own court system, all handpicked by whites and unaccountable to the city's Black voters. "This bill, and many others that have accompanied it in this legislative session, are all an attack on Black leadership," said Jackson's mayor, Chokwe Lumumba. "This is a racist act."
Tell the Mississippi GOP to stop their plan to give white Jacksonville residents special treatment!
"No serious person can look at this map and this data and claim the proposed CCID boundaries weren't drawn to make sure as many white Jacksonians as possible get the 'benefit' of a special police force and court filled with hand-picked judges and prosecutors," said Cliff Johnson, director of the Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center.
It is beyond appalling to see this kind of naked discrimination playing out in 2023, and we need to let the Mississippi legislature know that the nation is watching — and this kind of proto-apartheid policy will NOT be tolerated.
Tell Mississippi to stop its apartheid plans for Jackson!
