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Jerry Mitchell

Jerry Mitchell is an investigative reporter for the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting, a nonprofit news organization that seeks to hold public officials accountable and empower citizens in their communities.

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Jul 28, 2019
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One of the students posted a photo to his private Instagram account in March showing the trio in front of a roadside plaque commemorating the site where Till’s body was recovered from the Tallahatchie River.
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Students Face Investigation After Posing With Guns Next to Emmett Till Monument

One of the students posted a photo of the pose to his private Instagram account in March.
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Jerry Mitchell,
ProPublica
July 28, 2019
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