NAACP President Derrick Johnson has accused Mississippi’s local law enforcement of not being able to handle the Nolan Wells case.
Officials have continued to fully support the sheriff, assuring that a thorough investigation is ongoing.
Local leaders pushed back after the NAACP accused officials of neglecting the Nolan Wells investigation
Lawyer Ben Crump led an independent autopsy on Nolan Wells. He revealed the results in a news conference at the NAACP National Convention in Chicago on Wednesday. During the same event, NAACP President Derrick Johnson accused Mississippi officials of failing to handle the case properly.
According to New York Post, he said, “We’re not accusing anyone of anything other than the state of Mississippi and local officials. We’re accusing them of being derelict in their duties,” adding that they only that they should “follow up and to ensure that regardless of what happened, that there was the proper investigation so that this family and that community could be assured that if anyone was involved, they would be held accountable.”
Nolan disappeared after attending a party in Horn Island. His body was found on the shoreline two days later. A recently surfaced video confirmed his whereabouts during the last hours of his life. While police have suggested drowning, many believe that they are trying to push the real truth under the rug.
Mississippi state Sen. Jeremy England, who represents a portion of Jackson County, has noted that the allegations brought by Johnson were “completely unfair”. He said, “Our sheriff and our district attorney here in Jackson County, our DPS commissioner over the state of Mississippi law enforcement, our crime lab, the offices they put together, I know many of them personally and professionally, and they have the utmost integrity, and they want to get the facts correct and get out there.”
He also said that the officials are being “unfairly attacked,” adding, “For no reason other than people trying to make shocking claims and get people to think something nefarious has happened or is going on.” England noted that “There’s not always someone to blame.”
Congressman Mike Ezell, R. Miss, has said that he has complete confidence in the current Jackson County sheriff, John Ledbetter.
The case remains under investigation.
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