In Eulogy, Al Sharpton Calls Dexter Wade's Death 'National Outrage'

According to Jackson, Miss., officials, an off-duty police officer struck and killed Wade, 37, while he was walking along a six-lane highway in March. But they failed to notify Wade’s family of his death for several months and buried him in a pauper cemetery near the Hinds County Penal Farm. “What happened to Dexter is a disgrace, a national outrage, and should be treated as such. It is time for the mayor and the city council to stand up for Dexter,” Sharpton said Monday (Nov. 20) at the New Horizon...