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 ...

LEXINGTON, Miss. — Handcuffed in the cramped lobby of the Lexington Police Department, standing eye-to-eye with the chief, ...

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.

LEXINGTON, MS.–The US Department of Justice (DOJ) determined both the City of Lexington Mississippi and Lexington Police Department routinely violated the civil rights of Black citizens in the ...

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 police department in Lexington, Miss., has engaged in the use of excessive force, jailed suspects improperly and targeted Black people, the Justice Department said.

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.

From 2021 to 2023, Lexington increased police spending from $662,925 to $965,130, according to the report. To collect this money, it’s reported the Lexington Police Department (LPD) has arrested ...

The Lexington Police Department in Mississippi was the subject of a recent federal probe that found that officers frequently violated citizens’ constitutional rights with illegal fines, arrests ...

The Lexington Police Department in Mississippi was the subject of a recent federal probe that found that officers frequently violated citizens’ constitutional rights with illegal fines, arrests ...

The Lexington Police Department in Mississippi was the subject of a recent federal probe that found that officers frequently violated citizens’ constitutional rights with illegal fines, arrests ...

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 ...