DeSoto NAACP asks to intervene in supervisor’s racially based lawsuit
DeSoto County Supervisor Robert Foster alleges the district, which was created by the Mississippi Legislature last year, allows a small section of DeSoto voters to elect two new judges who would preside over the entire county. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
The DeSoto branch of the NAACP wants to be added to Supervisor Robert Foster’s suit against the State of Mississippi.
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NAACP Robert Foster State of MississippiAarron Fleming
Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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