No criminal charges in death of black Mississippi teenager, grand jury says

A Mississippi grand jury has declined to bring criminal charges in connection with the death of Nolan Wells, a Black teenager whose body was discovered off Horn Island two days after a July 4th boating excursion with three white friends. Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump, representing the Wells family, had questioned the circumstances surrounding the death and pointed to inconsistent witness accounts, but the grand jury found insufficient evidence of criminal activity after reviewing testimony from 43 witnesses. The 25-member panel concluded that Wells' death was consistent with accidental drowning and found no credible evidence of racially motivated foul play, despite the family's concerns.