Protest For Donivan Barnes This Saturday at 3PM: Why Is It So Important?

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (THN News) - Family, friends, and supporters of Donivan Barnes will be having their first protest this Saturday, June 21 at 3:00pm. The protest, known as the 2nd Annual Mississippi March, will walk from Martin Luther King Church on Martin Luther King Avenue to Vernon Dahmer Park.

People are asked to start arriving at 2:00pm who want to participate in the march. The march will stop at Rowan school and again at St. James church on the corner of JC Killingsworth & Country Club Rd. The march will end at Vernon Dahmer Park followed by a cookout at 4pm and a candle-light at 8:00pm.

Questions? Tap here or call Dana Johnson 601.270.3884 or Santana Moore 601.596.2239.

Why Is This Protest So Important?

The Mississippi Attorney General's office will be watching. The Attorney General's office is deciding whether or not to reopen the investigation into the killing of Donivan Barnes.

If enough of the community come out, the Attorney General's office will reopen the case and start a new investigation, as the protest itself will show how important not just black lives, but the lost of any life is important and that every community should receives justice.

History in the Making

This will be the first time in decades that the Attorney General has investigated a case in Lamar County. The Lamar County District Attorney Hal Kittrell personally wrote a letter welcoming the Attorney General to investigate any and all circumstances around the Donvian Barnes death, after meeting with Donivan's family who provided additional evidence that included local government officials helping to coverup or attempting to coverup Donivan's death.

Kittrell promised in his letter to cooperate by any means necessary with the new investigation by the state which could be damning for Lamar County and The City of Hattiesburg.