Wednesday afternoon Natchez Mayor Darryl Grennell, President of the Board of Supervisors Ricky Gray, Sheriff Travis Patten, Chief Walter Armstrong, Fire Chief Ventris Green, and local pastors offered words of hope for our community in response to the Death of George Floyd.
“We are here today to address head on as one community, the pain, the fear, the sadness and anger caused by the brutal homicide of George Floyd. We are faced with an event that goes directly to the heart of the greatest hurt our country has ever known and that is the pain of our racial divide” said Grennell 
“Your leaders in this community are on on the right track and we have come too far to let what has happened outside of Natchez tear down what we have built here. What we need to remind the rest of the nation is that we are the city of refuge.” – Sheriff Patten said
Mayor Grennell along with supervisor Ricky Gray announced that this Friday, June 5th will be a day of mourning in Adams county. On this day they are asking all churches to toll their bells from Noon to 12:30. After this the Law enforcement officers will lead a silent procession of cars in a circle of unity around Natchez.
Finally they proposed a joint resolution to declare June 14th to be a annual day of unity in Adams County. A day set aside for us to remember the events that brought us to this place and the decisions we made together in this community. “We will be that city on the hill, we will be that beckon of light, we can be & we will be” said Grennell.
Chief of Police shared his words of encouragement ending with “As long as I am in Law enforcement we are always going to advocate for the victim. ”
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