A Mississippi police officer who shot and wounded an unarmed 11-year-old Black boy in the child’s home has been suspended without pay, a city official said.
police officer who shot and wounded an unarmed 11-year-old Black boy in the child’s home has been suspended without pay, a city official said Tuesday.
Moore said the family is still pushing to get Capers fired."He needs to be terminated and he needs to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” Moore said. Capers' attorney, Michael Carr, said the Board's 4-1 vote was cast during a “closed-door, unnoticed” meeting without informing him or his client.
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