A Justice Department report on the police department in Lexington, Mississippi, has found a stunning pattern of racially disparate policing and harassment. Emily Wagster Pettus, Graham Lee Brewer.

A Lexington, Mississippi police cruiser parked near the town square on August 15, 2022. A DOJ investigation found that the LPD violated the constitutional rights of the town's citizens.

Residents of Lexington, Miss., were afraid at first to talk to Justice Dept. investigators about abusive policing. On Thursday night, they celebrated together.

Police in a majority Black Mississippi city discriminate against Black people, use excessive force and retaliate against its critics, the Justice Department said Thursday in a scathing report ...

An investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) found that a police department in the majority-Black city of Lexington, Miss., discriminated against Black people and sexually harassed women, as… ...

Federal investigators say police in Lexington, Mississippi, used illegal searches, excessive force, and kept residents in jail when they couldn't pay off old fines. C.J. Ciaramella | 9.27.2024 1:17 PM ...

LEXINGTON, Mississippi — Three people were killed and eight others were injured in central Mississippi early Saturday when at least two people opened fire into a group of several hundred people ...

In a Small Town In Mississippi, Black Folks Are Being Arrested For This Reason, ... From 2021 to 2023, Lexington increased police spending from $662,925 to $965,130, ...

The Lexington, Mississippi report focuses on what Clarke called a "crude policing-for-profit scheme" in which the police department's budget depends on revenue it raises through enforcement.

The U.S. Department of Justice and the Mississippi U.S. Attorney's Office reported the Lexington Police Department violated residents' civil rights.

LEXINGTON, MS - JANUARY 11: Civil rights attorney Jill Collen Jefferson poses for a portrait outside the Holmes county Sheriff Department on Thursday, January 11, 2024 in Lexington, Mississippi.

LEXINGTON, Mississippi — Three people were killed and eight others were injured in central Mississippi early Saturday when at least two people opened fire into a group of several hundred people ...