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Stokes Demands Federal Probe After Tasia Fortune Death

9/9/2026

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Councilman Kenneth Stokes is demanding answers on the death of Tasia Fortune, a Black woman found hanging.
He wrote to the Mississippi U.S. attorney, the FBI and two senators but received no reply.
Petitions for an independent probe and FBI involvement have gathered over 50,000 signatures.
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett also asked for federal intervention in the investigation.

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Story summary

Councilman Kenneth Stokes is demanding answers on the death of Tasia Fortune, a Black woman found hanging.
He wrote to the Mississippi U.S. attorney, the FBI and two senators but received no reply.
Petitions for an independent probe and FBI involvement have gathered over 50,000 signatures.
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett also asked for federal intervention in the investigation.