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 ...
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Lexington policing discussed: Some say they see problems; others don’t
Some residents of a small Mississippi town where the Justice Department found severe problems with excessive and racially ...
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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Justice probe finds pervasive abuse and discrimination by police in small Mississippi city
The Lexington Police Department “has created a system where officers can relentlessly violate the law," according to the Justice Department, which found a stunning pattern of racially disparate ...
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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.
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Justice Department says Mississippi town violates residents’ rights
Lexington Police Department engaged in excessive force, illegal searches and sexual harassment, the Justice Department ...
DOJ Mississippi police excessive force investigation: What We Know
The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it found a series of civil rights violations by a small-town Mississippi police ...
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Two teens who escaped DJJ custody back in custody, SLED says
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Two teens who escaped the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice in Lexington County are now back in custody, according to officials with the South Carolina Law ...