Webthe lawsuit claimed that lexington police have a pattern of using excessive force, making false arrests, and retaliating against officers who report misconduct. The lawsuit followed the dismissal. Webgulf states newsroom obtained formal complaints filed with the police department via a public records request, in which people wrote of a former lexington police officer”trying to run me off the road,” or of pulling over a teenager in a traffic stop alleged to be racially motivated. Webcnn — a mississippi city under scrutiny for allegations of racism and retaliation from police is now at the center of a federal department of justice investigation. Webin a letter addressed to katherine barrett riley, the attorney for the city of lexington, federal prosecutors said the lexington police department imprisons people for outstanding fines without determining whether the person has the means to pay them — a practice that violates the fourteenth amendment. Riley did not immediately respond to a. Webthe department of justice on wednesday announced a civil rights investigation into the lexington, miss. , police department after allegations of misconduct and civil rights violations. Webcnn — a mississippi civil rights attorney alleges she was wrongfully arrested over the weekend and believes it may have been in retaliation for her advocacy work in the city of lexington. Webmississippi civil rights lawyer jill collen jefferson was arrested and jailed for filming a traffic stop by the police department she is suing for brutality. She had been arrested. Department of justice is investigating the city of lexington, miss. , and its police department to determine whether there is a pattern of misconduct and constitutional violations, assistant attorney general for the civil rights division kristen clarke announced at a nov. Weblexington, sc (wolo) — a now former lexington police officer finds himself on the wrong side of the law. The south carolina law enforcement division (sled) arrested 30 year james chambers.
