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Do Not Ask These Families to Bury Their Questions
Rep. Kabir Karriem examines the unanswered questions surrounding the deaths of Nolan Wells and Kohen Wiley and calls on Mississippi officials to provide families with the facts.
Grand jury clears friends of Mississippi student-athlete Nolan Wells in July 4th drowning
A Mississippi grand jury clears the friends of Nolan Wells, ruling the 18-year-old student-athlete’s tragic Fourth of July death an accidental drowning.
The Tale of Two Mississippis: What the Death of Nolan Xavier Wells Demands of Us
In this guest opinion, Rep. Kabir Karriem says the death of Nolan Xavier Wells is about more than one family’s loss. It is a test of Mississippi’s commitment to transparency, accountability, and equal justice under the law.