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☆ Mississippi Man Killed by Police SUV Receives Funeral Months After First Burial in Paupers' Cemetery
  + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Associated Press | Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +4 min
Al Sharpton, founder and president of the National Action Network, each placed an arm around Bettersten Wade as she stood before her son's flower-covered casket under a large cross in the sanctuary. Jackson is majority-Black, has a Black mayor and majority-Black city council and has had Black police chiefs for years, including the chief when Wade was killed. Sharpton said Monday that he had been told that the officer who struck and killed Wade was Black. The Hinds County coroner’s office said it called a number listed for Bettersten Wade but did not hear back. City officials have said the communication breakdown was an accident.
Persons: JACKSON, — Dexter Wade, Bettersten Wade, “, ” Dexter Wade, Wade, Wade’s, Ben Crump, Crump, Wade's, ” Crump, ”, Bennie Thompson, Al Sharpton, Sharpton, Jackson, Dexter, ” Sharpton, Black Organizations: Jackson Police Department, Police, Penal, Justice Department, Jackson, U.S . Rep, New Horizon International, National Action Network, NBC News Locations: Miss, Mississippi's, Jackson, Hinds, Raymond, New York, Mississippi, Black, Hinds County
☆ A Mother’s Search for Her Son Leads to a Pauper’s Grave and More Questions
  + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Rick Rojas | More About Rick Rojas | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
For months, Bettersten Wade called the police in Jackson, Miss., desperate for any update or sign that detectives were making progress in tracking down Dexter, her 37-year-old son who left their home one day in March and vanished. They never seemed any closer to finding him, she said. And yet, records show that investigators for the Jackson Police Department knew exactly where Dexter Wade was. An off-duty police officer driving an SUV had struck and killed him on the same day that his mother last saw him, according to officials and coroner’s records. A deputy coroner said he was identified by a bottle of prescription medication he was carrying and through fingerprints.
Persons: Bettersten Wade, Dexter, Dexter Wade, Wade Organizations: Jackson Police Department Locations: Jackson, Miss
☆ Dexter Wade death: Family asks Justice Department for probe after Jackson police kill man, bury him without their knowledge
  + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Ryan Young | Kevin Conlon | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +3 min
Dexter Wade, 37, was reported missing by his mother on March 14 but she did not receive word that he was deceased until August 24. The Jackson Police Department, who confirmed that Wade was struck by a department vehicle, claimed there was no ill-intent in delaying the next-of-kin notification. Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump, center, speaks alongside the family of Dexter Wade during a news conference in Jackson, Mississippi, on October 30, 2023. Jackson police said its efforts to notify Wade’s family were stymied by outdated contact information. Crump said in a news release that Wade’s current grave is marked “by a pole and number” in the field.
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