It’s like they waited till they knew Top Cover was in Office

[RotorHead]

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba indicted in federal corruption probe https://www.wlbt.com/2024/11/06/jac...ar-lumumba-indicted-federal-corruption-probe/

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

Bennie, in Washington and occupied?

 

[paindonthurt17]

Damn shame

 

[HailStout]

Man. Who could have seen this coming. Oh wait. Everyone.

 

[QuadrupleOption]

 

[onewoof]

 

[Shmuley]

He immediately played the race card.

This is my shocked face.

 

[Beretta.sixpack]

If im not mistaken, Bennie, as big of a POS as he is, was the original one who foreshadowed some #$%^ was gonna go down....

 

[patdog]

If im not mistaken, Bennie, as big of a POS as he is, was the original one who foreshadowed some #$%^ was gonna go down....

Yeah. Bennies going to happily let Chokwe take a fall. These investigations wouldn’t have gone anywhere near this far without Bennies approval.

 

[Howiefeltersnstch]

Well ya know they are democrats.

 

[dawgphd]

Is it correct Benny and Chuckwe are not besties?

 

[8dog]

Take him out with the garbage….if it runs.

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

Yeah. Bennies going to happily let Chokwe take a fall. These investigations wouldn’t have gone anywhere near this far without Bennies approval.

Concur, the DOJ has always been politicized, but it's been taken to a new level now.

 

[L4Dawg]

What a surprise.

 

[garddog]

"Stokes for Mayor!"

 

[SteelCurtain74]

So, if you're into conspiracy theories, John Horhn, who has been in state a government for several years and who also ran for mayor in the past, announced on October 2nd that he would be running for mayor. His brother, Charlie, was Benny Thompson's right-hand man for many many years. The qualifying period for mayor begins on January 2nd and ends at the end of January. The election will be next June.

If one were so inclined, one might come to the conclusion that the timing of Lumumba's indictment was intentional in an effort to slow play this to hurt Lumumba's chances to qualify, to mount a successful reelection campaign or possibly be forced to resign. If John benefits from Lumumba's legal issues, well, that's just gravy on top.

If Lumumba was forced to resign, a member of the council would be appointed to finish the term. At least one council member is rumored to be joining Lumumba with their own indictment so he probably wouldn't be chosen. The rest of the council have not indicated any interest in running for mayor so far and I doubt any of them would have a real shot of winning even if they did. Horhn would be sitting pretty.

That's probably just crazy talk, though.