<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1B0G6P_0vl4QHKh00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1B0G6P_0vl4QHKh00" width="1200" height="630" ><p>WASHINGTON (AP) — Police in a majority-Black Mississippi city discriminate against Black people, use excessive force and retaliate against critics, the Justice Department said Thursday in a scathing report detailing a slew of civil rights abuses by law enforcement in one of America's poorest counties.</p><p>The Lexington Police Department “has created a system where officers can relentlessly violate the law," according to the Justice Department, which found a stunning pattern of racially disparate policing and harassment in the rural town of about 1,200 people, approximately 76% of whom are Black.</p></div></body>

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Justice probe finds pervasive abuse and discrimination by police in small Mississippi city

WASHINGTON (AP) — Police in a majority-Black Mississippi city discriminate against Black people, use excessive force and retaliate against critics, the Justice Department said Thursday in a scathing report detailing a slew of civil rights abuses by law enforcement in one of America's poorest counties. The Lexington Police Department...