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Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division announces at a news conference, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in Jackson, Miss., that it has opened an investigation into the City of Lexington, Miss., and the Lexington Police Department, focusing on the police department's use of force and its stops, searches and arrests. U.S. Attorney Todd W. Gee, for the Southern District of Mississippi, right, listens. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Justice Department opens probe of police in small Mississippi city over alleged civil rights abuses
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Wed,11/08/23-2:03PM , 54 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department launched an investigation Wednesday into alleged civil rights violations by police in a majority Black Mississippi city, stepping in following accusations that officers used excessive force and arrested people without justification.
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This combination of photos shows, from top left, former Rankin County sheriff's deputies Hunter Elward, Christian Dedmon, Brett McAlpin, Jeffrey Middleton, Daniel Opdyke and former Richland police officer Joshua Hartfield appearing at the Rankin County Circuit Court in Brandon, Miss., Aug. 14, 2023. A federal judge has postponed sentencing for the six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of federal charges for torturing two Black men in January. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Sentencing postponed for Mississippi police officers who tortured 2 Black men
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Tue,10/31/23-7:07PM , 74 Reads
JACKSON, MISS. (AP) — A federal judge has postponed sentencing for six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of federal charges for torturing two Black men in January.
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Addie Lee Green, Democratic nominee for Mississippi State Treasurer, holds a piggy bank with a $100 dollar bill stuffed in it, as she addresses the group of business leaders at the 2023 Hobnob, sponsored by the Mississippi Economic Council, in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Downticket Mississippi candidates discuss state's economy ahead of Election Day
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Thu,10/26/23-5:26PM , 64 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — With Election Day drawing near, Mississippi candidates offered competing visions for managing the state's economy in speeches Thursday.
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Greta Kemp Martin, the Democratic nominee for attorney general, speaks to reporters at a news conference, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, in Jackson, (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Democrat running for Mississippi attorney general pitches civil rights reforms as Election Day nears
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Tue,10/24/23-3:25PM , 91 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Democratic nominee for attorney general Greta Kemp Martin says “inaction” has been the primary feature of the state's top law enforcement office under her opponent's tenure.
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