STONEWALL, Miss. – Hundreds of people gathered at a baseball park in a small Mississippi town to remember a black man who died after a physical encounter with a white police officer and to call for action.
The crowd repeatedly shouted “No justice, no peace!” A local NAACP official suggested they boycott local businesses because of lack of action in the death of 39-year-old Jonathan Sanders.
He died July 8 after crossing paths with 25-year-old part-time officer Kevin Herrington.
Witnesses and lawyers for Sanders’ family say Herrington attacked without provocation. Herrington’s attorney says Sanders had what appeared to be illegal drugs and grabbed the officer’s gun during a struggle.
After speeches from the Clark County NAACP president, a Muslim imam and the mothers of Sanders’ two babies, the crowd marched about a mile to the police station.
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