The president of Respect Our Black Dollars came home Thursday night to find racist graffiti on his door and his house on fire. Stanley Wesley was attending the Black Business Awards Banquet when he got a call from a friend who said Wesley’s house on Reno Street had been vandalized. Wesley rushed home, where he saw that someone had spray painted KKK on the front door and on the driveway. The house was also on fire, Wesley said. Firefighters quickly put out the fire. Jackson City Councilman De’Keither Stamps held an afternoon news conference to discuss what a news release called the hate crime committed against Wesley. “We are calling on all citizens to be vigilant at these times. If you see something in your neighborhood that is out of place, people out of place, we want you to report those things to the police department,” Stamps said. Jackson’s police and fire departments are investigating and the NAACP has contacted the FBI. “Hate crimes, intimidation tactics used by those who want to hurt, intimidate members of Jackson’s community, is not going to be tolerated,” Vance said. “The days for that are long gone, and we’re certainly not going to allow them to resurface.” Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 601-355-TIPS.

The president of Respect Our Black Dollars came home Thursday night to find racist graffiti on his door and his house on fire.

Stanley Wesley was attending the Black Business Awards Banquet when he got a call from a friend who said Wesley’s house on Reno Street had been vandalized. Wesley rushed home, where he saw that someone had spray painted KKK on the front door and on the driveway. The house was also on fire, Wesley said.


Firefighters quickly put out the fire.

Jackson City Councilman De’Keither Stamps held an afternoon news conference to discuss what a news release called the hate crime committed against Wesley.



“We are calling on all citizens to be vigilant at these times. If you see something in your neighborhood that is out of place, people out of place, we want you to report those things to the police department,” Stamps said.

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Jackson’s police and fire departments are investigating and the NAACP has contacted the FBI.

“Hate crimes, intimidation tactics used by those who want to hurt, intimidate members of Jackson’s community, is not going to be tolerated,” Vance said. “The days for that are long gone, and we’re certainly not going to allow them to resurface.”

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 601-355-TIPS.