Alarmed over the discovery of 215 multiracial bodies found buried in a pauper’s cemetery behind the Hinds County, Mississippi jail, Reverend Hosea Hines,
Gretchen Hankins, who is white, held a picture of her son, Jonathan Hankins [aged] 39. Mary Moore Glenn, a Black woman, held a picture of her son, Marrio Moore [aged] 40, and Betterstem Wade held a photo of her son, Dexter Wade [aged] 37. They were shocked to learn their relatives had been buried behind the jail.
Even being extremely generous regarding cause of death while under state control, at a bare minimum any decent human being would have contacted the next of kin.
Some relatives of those found buried behind the jail simply thought they were missing. They object to having to pay a fee for the removal of their loved one’s remains that are needed for a proper burial.
An essentially unmarked grave at the side of the road like garbage from a street sweeper, and the state is asking the relatives to pay for a real burial now their failure has been exposed. Disgusting.
Even being extremely generous regarding cause of death while under state control, at a bare minimum any decent human being would have contacted the next of kin.
An essentially unmarked grave at the side of the road like garbage from a street sweeper, and the state is asking the relatives to pay for a real burial now their failure has been exposed. Disgusting.