Jackson proposes plan to combat Mississippi's new unelected court system.
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves has signed a controversial bill that will create a court system of unelected judges and prosecutors in the Capitol Complex Improvement District (CCID), a portion of the capital city, Jackson. The legislation will also expand the jurisdiction of the Capitol Police to the entire city and increase the original boundaries of the CCID. Advocates across the state and country say this form of law and order will overwhelmingly increase state control of Jackson’s policing and judicial system, ultimately taking power away from the residents of Jackson, a city with one of the highest populations of Black residents in the U.S.