The NAACP is suing to stop two new laws designed to give the State of Mississippi more control over the City of Jackson and alleging they amount to race-based discrimination in a 52-page lawsuit the organization filed in federal court Saturday. Gov. Tate Reeves signed the bills at issue, House Bill 1020 and Senate Bill 2343, into law on Friday after months of controversy.
The two bills represent “a state takeover of Jackson,” with the S.B. 2343 bringing “the entire predominantly Black city of Jackson under control of the state-run Capitol Police,” the organization said in a statement Saturday. The NAACP said the law will restrict “Mississippi residents’ ability to protest and hold demonstrations in and around buildings considered property of the state, requiring written approval from the Chief of the Capitol Police or the Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety before ‘any event’ occurs.”
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