The Mississippi Attorney General’s Office determined Monday that law enforcement were justified in their use of force in four shootings that killed one person and a police dog and injured three.
Under state law, the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation handles fatal and nonfatal officer-involved shooting investigations. It shares findings with the Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s office, which presents them to a grand jury that decides whether to issue an indictment for criminal charges. If the grand jury issues an indictment, the attorney general’s office prosecutes the case.
This isn’t the first time the attorney general’s office has cleared officers’ use of force and declined to prosecute…