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 ...
‘Aware of our history’: Tiny Mississippi town faces its abusive police
Residents of Lexington, Miss., were afraid at first to talk to Justice Dept. investigators about abusive policing. On ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Cops playing by ‘own rules’ terrified Mississippi town with violent arrests, feds say
At the conclusion of the investigation, officials said they learned police frequently arrested people for low-level ...
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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Attorneys say other victims could sue a Mississippi sheriff’s department over brutality
Attorneys for two Black men who were tortured by Mississippi law enforcement officers said Monday that they expect to file ...
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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.
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, ...
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'Policing for profit scheme' revealed by DOJ investigation into Lexington police
An investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice found that the Lexington police use excessive force and unlawfully jail people and discriminate against Black people.
Police in this small, majority-Black Southern city abuse Black people, Justice Department finds
Police in a majority-Black Mississippi city discriminate against Black people, use excessive force and retaliate against ...
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 ...