Residents of a small Mississippi town respond to a scathing Justice Department report on policing
A Justice Department report on the police department in Lexington, Mississippi, has found a stunning pattern of racially ...
‘Aware of our history’: Tiny Mississippi town faces its abusive police
Todd Gee, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, presents findings of a Department of Justice investigation ...
Justice Department Details Wide Pattern of Abuses by Mississippi Police Force
The police in the small city of Lexington, Miss., routinely made unjustified arrests, used excessive force and trampled on ...
US Justice Dept finds abuses by Mississippi police department
The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it found a series of civil rights violations by a small-town Mississippi police ...
Small Mississippi town, police force deprive citizens of rights, Justice Department says
The City of Lexington, Miss. and its police department deprive people of their constitutional rights, discriminate against ...
Justice Department probe finds Mississippi police force violated residents’ civil rights
An investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) found that a police department in the majority-Black city of Lexington, ...
DOJ Finds Mississippi Police Department Violates Rights Of Black Residents
In the report, the DOJ noted that Lexington police “routinely disregard constitutional rules” when they stop and search ...
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Justice Department says Mississippi town violates residents’ rights
The Justice Department released a report Thursday detailing alleged abuses by the Lexington Police Department.
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DOJ Alleges Police Department Abuse of Power in Small-Town Mississippi Takes a Page Out of Dickens
Lexington has turned the jail into the kinds of debtors’ prisons … only this is happening in Mississippi in 2024,” U.S.
Police in small Mississippi city discriminate against Black residents, Justice Department finds
Police in small Mississippi city discriminate against Black people, use excessive force, Justice Department probe finds.
Justice Department Says a Small Mississippi Town Ran a Dickensian Debtor's Prison
Federal investigators say police in Lexington, Mississippi, used illegal searches, excessive force, and kept residents in ...
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Mississippi Police Dept. Routinely Discriminates Against Black People: DOJ
Photo: Getty Images A Mississippi police department routinely discriminated against Black people, targeting them for arrest ...