There are whispers in Columbus, MS that @MississippiAGO is dropping the charges against Boykin for shooting and killing Ricky Ball. If this is untrue, @LynnFitch should quickly quell the understandable hurt and anxiety this is causing Ricky’s family and loved ones.

Holy shit. This is an outrage!

“The Attorney General’s office confirmed the manslaughter charge against Officer Canyon Boykin has been dropped.” https://www.wlbt.com/2020/05/28/charges-dropped-against-former-miss-police-officer-involved-shooting/

A grand jury of Mississippians was empaneled to solemnly decide whether this should be tried in a public court. They decided it should. 4 years later, @LynnFitch replaced the prosecutors on the case & decided to drop the prosecution. The Ball family is understandably devastated.

https://twitter.com/bfeldman89/status/1189278626736418817?s=21 https://twitter.com/bfeldman89/status/1189278626736418817

I will never forget sitting in my cubicle and receiving a call from a Columbus organizer and friend of the Ball family to tell me, “They did it. They indicted him.” I asked him to repeat himself twice. I couldn’t believe it. @LynnFitch should be ashamed!

As evidenced from my first tweet, I actually believed this had to be nothing more than a rumor. I actually believed that, surely, no AG would choose to reverse course, post-indictment, on the prosecution of a white LEO killing of Black man at this particular moment. I was foolish

“‘Every time one of ‘em gets away with killing one of us, that just makes the rest of ‘em think they can do whatever they want,’ he said. ‘This is why it keeps happening.’”

~ Ernesto Ball, Ricky‘s cousin, via @AlbertSamaha in June 2018 https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/albertsamaha/ricky-ball-canyon-boykin-police-shooting-racial

https://twitter.com/jeffamy/status/1266184046507409409