‘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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 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, ...
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 finds Lexington, Miss., police ran illegal ‘debtor’s prison’
A police department in Lexington, Miss., has engaged in the use of excessive force, jailed suspects improperly and targeted ...
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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 ...