In the quiet town of Senatobia, Mississippi, footage showing a harrowing encounter between police officers and a member of the community raises concerns about abuse of power within the local police department and other areas of law enforcement.
Mark Lesure, a barber and longtime resident of Senatobia, was accosted by police officers after his girlfriend’s 16-year-old son was approached by officers.
Lesure told Red State that the youngster was walking home from school in mid-December 2023 when he was approached by the officers, who were patrolling the area investigating reports of an individual who “had shot a person two or three streets over with a pellet gun,” according to the barber.
“My girl’s son was walking from school and the police was in the community, I guess, searching for the guy who shot the man with the pellet gun,” Lesure recalled. He continued:
They knew who…
