Ben Crump calls on a federal investigation after 215 bodies found in unmarked graves near the Mississippi prison – essence

The Prosecutor of Civil Rights Ben Crump calls for a federal investigation on behalf of 215 people found at the Biedak cemetery behind a prison near Jackson, Mississippi without the knowledge of their relatives.

Crump desires to know why officials didn’t examine these deaths and didn’t attempt to contact their closest relatives, as a substitute of bury them in the grave of the poor near the dirt road at the Hinds criminal farm, which is positioned about 15 miles west of the center of Jackson.

The lawyer also noted that there are several hundred unmarked graves, a total of 672.

“We try to ensure that the Federal Department of Justice come and investigate to make sure that each of these citizens, disproportionately black citizens whose lives will be identified, their families notified, and they received the right funeral,” Crump said PBS last week.

Crump joined forces with the Reverend Hosea Hines, senior pastor of the Church Tabernacle Christ and the national leader of the latest day of the Equity and Black America coalition to call for an investigation into the causes of 215 deaths.

“It really saddens my heart that their relatives have gone through so long, some more than a year, not knowing if their loved ones are dead or alive, and then realizing that they were buried in Puper’s grave behind prison,” said Hines Chicago Crusader. “If they were properly notified, they might have the option to submit the right respect.

“People throughout America scratch their heads in disbelief about what is happening in Jackson, Mississippi with the cemetery of this poor man,” said Crump at the last press conference. “It went from talking about water,” which didn’t exist or polluted: “As we are talking about the cemetery now. What is happening in Jackson, Mississippi?”

Hines said that the head of the Police Department in Jackson, Joseph Wade, established a latest notification policy about the death of “which would give a relative information about their death and cause.”

“I talked to the boss and he told me that he would implement the rules and procedures to make sure it would happen again and pull individuals responsible for what happened,” said Hines.

“According to The Crusader, there must be a real call to justice” for 215 black, white, Latin and indigenous Americans who were buried after prison.