The U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation into alleged civil rights violations by police in a majority Black Mississippi city. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke announced the investigation Wednesday. She said it will focus on numerous allegations from residents in Lexington, a community of about 1,600 people.
FILE - A Lexington, Miss., police SUV is parked outside their department near the town square, Aug. 15, 2022. The U.S. Justice Department opened an investigation Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023 into alleged civil rights violations by police in a majority Black Mississippi city. JACKSON, Miss. — The U.S.
Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, who leads the Justice Department’s civil rights division, announced the investigation at a news conference. Clarke and Todd Gee, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, said Wednesday’s announcement marked the beginning of the probe, and that no conclusions had been reached about the accusations this early in the investigation.in 2022 by a group of residents making accusations of false arrest, intimidation and other abuses. It also follows the Juneof Jill Collen Jefferson, the president of JULIAN, the civil rights organization that filed the federal lawsuit on behalf of residents.
In June, Jefferson was arrested after filming a traffic stop conducted by Lexington police officers. The arrest came nine days afterIf the Justice Department concludes that police officers committed the alleged civil rights violations, it could bring a lawsuit seeking court-ordered changes to the department.
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