Police in Lexington, Mississippi, discriminate against Black …
WEB11 hours ago · Lexington residents owe police $1.7 million in fines, and the city court has issued bench warrants seeking the arrest of more than 650 people — roughly half of the city’s population ...
Police in small Mississippi city discriminate against Black …
WEB12 hours ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — Police in a majority-Black Mississippi city discriminate against Black people, use excessive force and retaliate against critics, the Justice Department said Thursday in a scathing report detailing a slew of civil rights abuses by law enforcement in one of America’s poorest counties. The Lexington Police Department “has ...
Justice Department Details Wide Pattern of Abuses by Mississippi Police ...
WEB1 day ago · The city of Lexington, Miss., has fewer than 1,500 residents and only 10 police officers. But it prompted a 47-page report by the U.S. Justice Department’s civil rights division, which found ...
DOJ investigation: Lexington, MS police, city violated civil rights …
WEB8 hours ago · The U.S. Department of Justice and the Mississippi U.S. Attorney's Office reported the Lexington Police Department violated residents' civil rights.
Justice Department says Mississippi town violates residents’ rights
WEB10 hours ago · Justice Department says Mississippi town violates residents’ rights. A Lexington, Miss., police cruiser patrols near the town square, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. A civil rights and international human rights organization filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday, against local officials in Lexington, where they say police have "terrorized" residents ...
Justice Department Finds Civil Rights Violations by the City of ...
WEB11 hours ago · Following a comprehensive investigation, the Justice Department announced today that the City of Lexington, Mississippi (City), and Lexington Police Department (LPD) engage in a pattern or practice of conduct that deprives people of their rights under the U.S. Constitution and federal law. Lexington is a town of approximately 1,200 people, located about an hour outside of
Justice Dept. finds Lexington, Miss., police targeted Black people
WEB12 hours ago · September 26, 2024 at 12:17 p.m. EDT. A tiny police department in Lexington, Miss., whose chief was fired two years ago for using a racial epithet, has engaged in the systemic use of excessive ...
Police in small city discriminate against Black residents, Justice ...
WEB11 hours ago · Lexington residents owe police $1.7 million in fines, and the city court has issued bench warrants authorizing the arrest of more than 650 people — roughly half of the city’s population ...
DOJ Mississippi police excessive force investigation: What We …
WEBStory by Andrew Goudsward. • 6m. T he U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it found a series of civil rights violations by a small-town Mississippi police department, accusing officers of ...
Southern District of Mississippi | Assistant Attorney General …
WEB8 hours ago · Other times, the Lexington police send people to jail for days or weeks for minor offenses. These people wait in jail until they can go before a judge or they can get enough money together to pay their fines. This, too, violates people’s civil rights. For example, the Lexington police arrested a Black man for allegedly taking $15 worth of gas.
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