Justice Department Details Wide Pattern of Abuses by Mississippi Police Force — Mississippi News

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 that residents are routinely jailed on illegal “investigative …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 that residents are routinely jailed on illegal “investigative … …Read More