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Biden's DOJ Pursued Police Misconduct; Trump Could End Probes
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Biden's DOJ Pursued Police Misconduct; Trump Could End Probes

Huff Post  

Donald Trump arrives to speak Wednesday at a faith "town hall" with Georgia Lt. Gov. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/Associated Press With less than two weeks to go until Election Day, civil rights attorneys and the families of victims of police violence are sounding the alarm about what they see as a likely consequence of a second Donald Trump presidency: dissolving any …

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DOJ Finds Mississippi Police Department Violates Rights Of Black Residents
2 months, 3 weeks ago

DOJ Finds Mississippi Police Department Violates Rights Of Black Residents

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The police department in a majority-Black town in Mississippi has consistently violated the rights of residents with illegal arrests, as well as by retaliating against department critics, according to a Department of Justice report released Thursday. The police department “unlawfully” discriminates against Black people, United States Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke said during a press conference. “Black …

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Mississippi police unconstitutionally jailed people for unpaid fines, Justice Department says
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Mississippi police unconstitutionally jailed people for unpaid fines, Justice Department says

Associated Press  

— A Mississippi police department in one of the nation’s poorest counties unconstitutionally jailed people for unpaid fines without first assessing whether they could afford to pay them, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday. The announcement comes amid a Justice Department probe into alleged civil rights violations by police in Lexington, Mississippi. In a letter addressed to Katherine Barrett …

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Police In A Small Mississippi Town Brutalized Its Black Population, Lawsuit Alleges
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Police In A Small Mississippi Town Brutalized Its Black Population, Lawsuit Alleges

Huff Post  

The police department in Lexington, Mississippi, is the target of multiple lawsuits by residents who say that they have been unjustly targeted and arrested by the law enforcement agency. Timothy Ivy for HuffPost A lawsuit filed this week by Julian, a civil rights organization based in Mississippi, alleges that the city of Lexington, a predominantly Black rural town, and its …

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Mississippi civil rights lawyer arrested filming traffic stop, attorney says
1 year, 6 months ago

Mississippi civil rights lawyer arrested filming traffic stop, attorney says

Associated Press  

— A Mississippi civil rights lawyer was arrested Saturday after filming a traffic stop conducted by officers from a police department she is suing in federal court, her attorney says. Jill Collen Jefferson is the president of JULIAN, the civil rights organization that filed a federal lawsuit last year against the Lexington Police Department on behalf of a group of …

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32 Mississippi school districts still under federal desegregation orders
1 year, 6 months ago

32 Mississippi school districts still under federal desegregation orders

Associated Press  

— There are 32 school districts in Mississippi still under federal desegregation orders, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division’s assistant attorney general said Thursday. Enforcing the open desegregation orders fit into a broader body of civil rights work launched in Mississippi that is examining jails, police departments and hate crimes in the state, according to Assistant Attorney General …

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Lawsuit: Mississippi police ‘terrorized’ small town
2 years, 4 months ago

Lawsuit: Mississippi police ‘terrorized’ small town

Associated Press  

JACKSON, Miss — Police have “terrorized” Black residents in a small Mississippi town by subjecting them to false arrests, excessive force and intimidation, according to a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday by a civil rights organization. “It’s both unconscionable and illegal for Lexington residents to be terrorized and live in fear of the police department whose job is to protect them,” …

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