The discovery of 215 bodies buried in unmarked graves behind a jail outside of Jackson, Mississippi, has left a community in disbelief. The families are angry they were never notified of the deaths and how their loved ones are buried in graves marked by just a metal rod and a number. Amna Nawaz discussed the disturbing details that have emerged with Bettersten Wade and attorney Ben Crump.
  • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    191·
    9 months ago

    Taking bets on the racial distribution. Anyone have puts on 85% or greater black/POC victims?

    This should be the kind of thing that results in a nationwide scandal and life jail sentences for the entire department. This is 672 individual citizens of the country who were slaughtered without cause. That’s no oops, that’s an extermination program.

    • Jessvj93@lemmy.world
      161·
      9 months ago

      672 is not a graveyard, that’s a fucking mass grave. And yep I have no doubt what the majority of the dead’s racial makeup is.

      • sugar_in_your_tea
        1·
        9 months ago

        No, the article says 672:

        We know, based on the records from the coroner’s office, that, since 2016, in the last eight years, we can identify 215 individuals that were buried behind that jail, and their families have not been notified.

        Furthermore, Mr. Wade was number 672. That means there are 671 other people buried behind that jail marked with only a number.

  • Etterra@lemmy.world
    71·
    9 months ago

    I can’t understand why anybody is surprised by the malfeasance of the American incarceration industrial complex.