LEXINGTON, Miss. — Handcuffed in the cramped lobby of the Lexington Police Department, standing eye-to-eye with the chief, Jill Collen Jefferson was given a choice. She had been arrested while ...

A Justice Department report on the police department in Lexington, Mississippi, has found a stunning pattern of racially disparate policing and harassment. Emily Wagster Pettus, Graham Lee Brewer.

A Lexington, Mississippi police cruiser parked near the town square on August 15, 2022. A DOJ investigation found that the LPD violated the constitutional rights of the town's citizens.

Federal investigators say police in Lexington, Mississippi, used illegal searches, excessive force, and kept residents in jail when they couldn't pay off old fines. C.J. Ciaramella | 9.27.2024 1:17 PM ...

Police in a majority Black Mississippi city discriminate against Black people, use excessive force and retaliate against its critics, the Justice Department said Thursday in a scathing report ...

Residents of Lexington, Miss., were afraid at first to talk to Justice Dept. investigators about abusive policing. On Thursday night, they celebrated together.

The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it found a series of civil rights violations by a small-town Mississippi police department, accusing officers of routinely using excessive force and ...

The Lexington, Mississippi report focuses on what Clarke called a "crude policing-for-profit scheme" in which the police department's budget depends on revenue it raises through enforcement.

The U.S. Department of Justice and the Mississippi U.S. Attorney's Office reported the Lexington Police Department violated residents' civil rights.

LEXINGTON, Mississippi — Three people were killed and eight others were injured in central Mississippi early Saturday when at least two people opened fire into a group of several hundred people ...

LEXINGTON, Mississippi — Three people were killed and eight others were injured in central Mississippi early Saturday when at least two people opened fire into a group of several hundred people ...