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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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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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.
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 ...
U.S. Justice Dept says Lexington, Mississippi police routinely use excessive force
The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it found a series of civil rights violations by a small-town Mississippi police department.
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Mississippi Police Dept. Routinely Discriminates Against Black People: DOJ
A Mississippi police department routinely discriminated against Black people, targeting them for arrest and using excessive ...
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Village of Lexington can boast of the lowest property crime rate in state
LEXINGTON — Your property is likely to be very secure in Lexington. The village has the state's lowest property crime rate, including larceny, motor vehicle theft and burglary, according to ...
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Lexington adds mental health expert with the hiring of a mobile crisis responder
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — For the first time ever, Lexington is employing a mental health specialist to assist first responders with emergency situations, including mental health-related 9-1-1 ...
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Lexington launches team to respond to crisis mental health 911 calls
Lexington will soon have a social worker respond with police to crisis mental health 911 calls. Thanks to a $850,000 state grant awarded in January, Lexington community-based crisis response team will ...