Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ALEXANDER DRAGO/REUTERS/Newscom A Justice Department investigation concluded that a small Mississippi town piled more than $1.7 ...

WASHINGTON — 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 ...

Francine Jefferson (left) and Cardell Wright (right) sit in the Lexington Public Library on Dec. 8, 2023. The two organizers and Holmes County residents are working to raise awareness around policing ...

For the second time in a week, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a Mississippi law enforcement agency was found to violate the civil rights of its residents following an investigation that ...

LEXINGTON, Miss.LEXINGTON, Miss. — A winter sun is setting over the brown, patchy field where Ronald Redmond’s kids have been playing football since they were 5. The goalposts are rusting and the ...

A Mississippi police department violated the Constitution by jailing people for unpaid fines without first assessing whether they can afford to pay them, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday.