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WEBSep 11, 2018 — Ed Pittman has died at 89. He served in all three branches of Mississippi government before retiring as chief justice of the state Supreme Court. Yesterday. Attorneys say other victims could sue a Mississippi sheriff’s department over brutality.
Justice probe finds pervasive abuse and ... - Associated Press News
WEB4 days ago — Updated 3:18 PM PDT, September 26, 2024. 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 …
Justice Department opens civil rights probe of ... - Associated Press News
WEBSep 19, 2024 — The U.S. Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into a Mississippi sheriff’s department whose officers tortured two Black men. ... The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all ...
Justice probe finds pervasive abuse and discrimination by police in ...
WEBWASHINGTON (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 ...
AP captures devastation in wake of massive ... - The Associated Press
WEBMar 31, 2023 — AP text reporters Emily Wagster Pettus and Michael Goldberg, video journalist Robert Bumsted and photographers Julio Cortez and Rogelio Solis provided the most comprehensive, on-the-ground coverage of a massive tornado strike in rural Mississippi, taking the world to places like Rolling Fork and Silver City to detail the devastating, harrowing ...
Residents of a small Mississippi town respond to a scathing …
WEB2 days ago — The Associated Press left a message for him. Jefferson has been documenting cases of police abuse in Lexington for years, but she said she was unable to get state officials to take action.
AP Election Brief | What to Expect in Mississippi's General Election
WEBNov 3, 2023 — The Associated Press will provide coverage for 55 races in Mississippi: governor, lieutenant governor, treasurer, attorney general, secretary of state, auditor, agriculture commissioner,...
As a Mississippi Town Reels From a Devastating Tornado, a …
WEBApr 8, 2024 — ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — As a deadly tornado barreled toward their home in the Mississippi Delta, Ida Cartlidge only had time to scoop up her 1-year-old son, Nolan, and hold him close.
Investigation reveals traumatic backlog of Mississippi autopsies
WEBMay 6, 2022 — For more than a year, AP reporter Leah Willingham investigated Mississippi’s massive autopsy backlog, gathering new data and personal stories revealing the terrible cost of the backlog which has traumatized families and jeopardized investigations.
Residents of a small Mississippi town respond to a scathing ... - ABC News
WEB3 days ago — Mike Carr, an attorney based in Cleveland, Mississippi, represents several people charged with crimes in Lexington, a rural town of about 1,200 people, approximately 76% of whom are Black.