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Activist charged with setting fire to embattled Mississippi police department

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Garrick Rawls, an Alabama-based self-described civil rights activist, has been charged with arson for setting fire to the Senatobia police department in Mississippi on Halloween day. The incident damaged the police headquarters and is considered a federal offense. The police department had previously faced protests following an officer's fatal shooting of a 1-year-old boy. Rawls was arrested despite being over 220 miles away from Senatobia at the time of the fire.

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On October 31, 2026, a fire damaged the headquarters of the Senatobia Police Department in Mississippi, which had been controversial due to an officer shooting and killing a 1-year-old boy named Kohen Wiley earlier that year. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is investigating whether the fire was intentionally set as an act of arson. On November 4, Garrick Rawls, described as a civil rights activist from Huntsville, Alabama, was charged with setting the fire. Rawls faces federal arson charges despite being over 220 miles away from Senatobia at the time of the incident. The police department remains operational without any service interruptions.

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An Alabama man was charged Monday with setting fire to a Mississippi police department that has faced protests in the months since an officer fatally shot a 1-year-old boy. asserted

officer → charge → boy

Garrick Rawls faces an arson charge — a federal offense — in connection with a Halloween day fire that damaged the Senatobia police headquarters. asserted

that → face → headquarters

Rawls describes himself on social media as a civil rights activist based in Huntsville, Alabama, more than 220 miles (354 kilometers) east of the small town of Senatobia, Mississippi. asserted

Rawls → describe → Senatobia

Activist charged with setting fire to embattled Mississippi police department

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