A month after the police chief of a Mississippi town was fired following leaked audio allegedly of him using racial slurs, a civil rights group is suing the department.
August 18, 2022, 12:50 PMA Lexington, Miss., police cruiser is parked outside their facility near the town square, Aug. 15, 2022.
The suit contends the plaintiffs have "been falsely arrested, forced to undergo baseless searches and seizures at roadblocks, and subjected to unreasonable force by LPD officers when they verbally object to police mistreatment," among other incidents experienced by Black residents over the last two years.
The Lexington Police Department and Lexington's mayor's office didn't respond to requests for comment from ABC News about the suit. Dobbins The lawsuit doesn't cite charges filed against Darius Harris, but details an alleged pattern of retaliation by police officers against both Harris brothers.
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