A Capitol police official explains the Walter Sillers State Office Building is closed to the public due to the coronavirus pandemic during a protest Friday, June 5, 2020, in Jackson, Miss., over Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch's recent decision to drop a manslaughter charge against former Columbus Police Officer Canyon Boykin. Boykin, who is white, had been charged in the October 2015 shooting death of an African American man, Ricky Ball. Ball's family intended to deliver a letter to Fitch asking her to reopen the case but Capitol Police refused entry to the building. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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