America's worst mayor update: Melton will skip Jackson debates

Two years ago Reason Magazine dubbed Jackson, Mississippi's Frank Melton "The Worst Mayor in America."

In 2006, Melton directed a motley group of teens with arrest records and cops, armed with sledgehammers, to destroy a duplex that he thought was a crack house. There was no warrant. Because of that incident, Melton faces a federal civil rights trial next month. The first one ended in a hung jury. Melton was acquitted in a criminal trial.

Also next month, Melton will face voters in a Democratic primary. But the mayor, who once declared that the problem of saggy pants was more important than the US Constitution, will skip the candidate debates. The first debate is tomorrow, Melton will attend a fundraising event instead. Well, at least he doesn't need "a hug."

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