Do you remember the FedEx racist attack? The culprits may have personal ties to the police

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FedEx driver DMonterrio Gibson talks about his recent experience where he alleges he was shot and chased by a white father and son while delivering packages on his route to Brookhaven, during a conference release in Ridgeland, Mississippi on Thursday, February 10. 2022. Photo: Rogelio V. Solis (AP)

At the peak of this year, DMterrio Gibson was racially targeted by two white neighborhood residents while making his FedEx deliveries. According to Mother Jones, the police may have been lenient with the attackers because they allegedly have family ties to the department. Additionally, they had a long history of violent threats against people in their neighborhood.

Gregory and Brandon Case profiled Gibson while he was working. Gregory cornered the delivery truck with his vehicle and Brandon fired in the side as Gibson tried to drive away, according to reports. The cases were indicted by a grand jury for attempted murder. However, Gibsons attorney Carlos Moore had speculated that cops hadn’t taken the investigation seriously, according to Mother Jones. Consider the fact that an officer asked Gibson if he had done anything to make himself suspicious — as if minding his own black business was enough to justify the racist attack.

According to a lawsuit filed by Gibson, the police department’s laxity may also be the result of a serious conflict of interest.

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The cases, according to a lawsuit, have significant ties to Brookhaven: They are believed to be linked to former deputy police chief Chris Case, who retired several months after the shooting. The police department denied any relationship between the men and said the former deputy chief had never been involved in the investigation. But Gibsons attorney Carlos Moore says other Brookhaven residents still believe there is a family connection and remain concerned about bias. The police, Moore told reporters, are too close to the kitchen.

Most of the cases are related, Nicole Beard Steele, a healthcare worker who previously lived near Gregory and Brandon Case, told me. I believe if it was anyone else the cops would knock down the doors, but instead they had time to surrender. They get special treatment because of who they are.

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Let’s say the Cases don’t actually have any relatives in the department. More information on the two suggests that they have always received special treatment. In a leaked recording of Brookhaven Police Chief Kenneth Collins, he suggests he knew the cases had a history of gun violence and admitted they regularly attacked others on the same road as if they owned the whole street.

In addition, according to the report, prior to their grand jury proceedings, Case’s two men were released from prison on bail and granted special protection. A date for their trial has also not been set.

For now, the two men who have blatant violent tendencies are walking free as if they didn’t come close to threatening an innocent black man.

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