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Tasia Fortune homicide case
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1 DAYS
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FIRST ENTRY SEP 11
SEP 11 · Day 1
Arrest in Tasia Fortune case after death ruled homicide
Jackson is a majority-black city in Mississippi, a state with a history of racial violence and lynching.
Ratliff is Black.
More than 50 members of Congress sent a letter to the FBI and justice department calling for an independent investigation into deaths of Black Americans found hanging from trees.
SEP 11 · Day 1
Arrest made in death of Tasia Fortune, Mississippi woman found hanging from tree
Christy Spivey is Fortune's mother.
Jackson Police Chief RaShall Brackney announced the arrest at a news conference on Friday.
Tasia Fortune was 29 years old.