On an autumn evening in 1959, in the town of Philadelphia, Mississippi, a 27-year-old Black man named Luther Jackson, a veteran of the Korean War, was fatally shot. On the night of October 25th, Jackson was in a parked car with a woman named Hattie Thompson when they were approached by police officer Lawrence Rainey. Rainey ordered both individuals out of the vehicle.
After Luther Jackson exited the car, Officer Rainey pushed him out of Thompson's line of sight. Shortly after, Thompson re
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