John Reeves
For years, former State Rep. John Reeves advocated for Jackson in the Legislature. After narrowly losing re-election last year, Reeves has moved increasingly closer to Mayor Frank Melton. The mayor nominated Reeves for a Municipal Court position this summer, but withdrew the nomination in August, after critics pointed out that Reeves’ appointment would make the Municipal Court majority-white. Melton then appointed Reeves to the board of the Jackson Development Authority. In September, Reeves agreed to represent Melton in his upcoming federal trial for civil rights charges. Facing the substantially greater resources of the U.S. Justice Department, Reeves has a difficult task ahead of him and a client with a penchant for speaking off the script.
—Ward Schaefer
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