Mayor [Errick] Simmons stated, “Over the past several days, our community has been deeply shaken by a surge in violent crimes, including multiple shootings, acts of gun violence, and senseless killings.”
In the same statement, the mayor declared an “immediate State of Emergency.”
The Greenville [Miss.] City Council voted on the curfew. According to the mayor, the curfew will be effective immediately from 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Additionally, nightclubs and other similar businesses must close by midnight.
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Gettin too bumpy with all them guns, and now with this Alex Foster thing bloody Greenville’s all over the national media. Now everyone knows our little town’s a bloodbath. Let’s try something.
Short of doing anything about the guns, of course. It’s Mississippi. “Single worst rate of gun deaths in the country.”