The suit contends Lexington, Mississippi officers harassed Black residents. A month after the police chief of a Mississippi town was fired following leaked audio allegedly of him using racial slurs, a ...

For the second time in a week, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a Mississippi law enforcement agency was found to violate the civil rights of its residents following an investigation that ...

LEXINGTON, Miss. — A winter sun is setting over the brown, patchy field where Ronald Redmond’s kids have been playing football since they were 5. The goalposts are rusting and the fence is ripped. But ...

The investigation is just the latest in a series of similar probes nationwide. The Justice Department announced Wednesday it has opened a civil investigation into the City of Lexington, Mississippi, ...

Francine Jefferson (left) and Cardell Wright (right) sit in the Lexington Public Library on Dec. 8, 2023. The two organizers and Holmes County residents are working to raise awareness around policing ...

A Mississippi city under scrutiny for allegations of racism and retaliation from police is now at the center of a federal Department of Justice investigation. “Today the Justice Department is ...

FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Department of Justice Building is pictured WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it found a series of civil rights violations by a small-town ...

EXPLAINS WHAT LED THE FEDERAL INVESTIGATION, AND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. MEGAN, TROY THIS IS A CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATION. THE DOJ IS LOOKING INTO WHETER PEOPLE'S RIGHTS ARE BEING VIOLATED IN ...

The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a civil rights probe into the practices of the city of Lexington, Mississippi, and its police force over concerns of potential breaches in constitutional ...

A Mississippi police department violated the Constitution by jailing people for unpaid fines without first assessing whether they can afford to pay them, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday.