BREAKING: Former Landers Center Director Sues DeSoto County for Racial Discrimination Former Landers Center Executive Director Todd Mastry has filed a lawsuit alleging that he was fired for booking Black artists at the Southaven venue. The lawsuit, filed on Jan. 31 in the Northern District of Mississippi, claims that multiple DeSoto County Board of Supervisors and Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) members conspired to remove Mastry because he refused to follow their alleged racist directives. Lawsuit Details: 📍 Issues reportedly began in 2014, when rapper Lil Wayne was booked for a 2016 performance. 📍 District 2 Supervisor Mark Gardner allegedly opposed it, saying he didn’t want “those people” (referring to Black artists and Black Memphians) in DeSoto County. 📍 Mastry pushed back, saying it would be a First Amendment violation to block artists based on race. 📍 The lawsuit claims that Gardner & other officials stacked the CVB Board with members willing to fire Mastry. Retalia...