Mississippi Goddam Chapter 6: Mississippi Justice
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\\n\\nBlack communities around Mississippi have long raised concerns about the suspicious deaths of young Black men, especially when law enforcement is involved.
\\n\\nCurley Clark, vice president of the Mississippi NAACP, calls Billey Joe Johnson Jr.\\u2019s case an example of \\u201cMississippi justice.\\u201d
\\n\\n\\u201cIt means that they still feel like the South should have won the Civil War,\\u201d Clark said. \\u201cAnd also the laws for the state of Mississippi are slanted in that direction.\\u201d
\\n\\nBefore Johnson died during a traffic stop with a White sheriff\\u2019s deputy, friends say police had pulled him over dozens of times. And some members of the community raised concerns that police had been racially profiling Black people.
\\n\\nReveal investigates Johnson\\u2019s interactions with law enforcement and one officer in particular.
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