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
Residents of Lexington, Miss., were afraid at first to talk to Justice Dept. investigators about abusive policing. On ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 opens civil rights probe into Mississippi sheriff's office after torture of 2 Black men
The U.S. Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into a Mississippi sheriff’s department whose officers ...
Justice probe finds pervasive abuse and discrimination by police in small Mississippi city
A Justice Department investigation has found that police in a majority-Black Mississippi city discriminate against Black ...
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Justice Department Finds Civil Rights Violations By The Lexington Police Department And City Of Lexington
The United States Justice Department announced today that they have found civil rights violations by the Lexington Police ...