Justice Department opens probe of police in Lexington, Mississippi over alleged civil rights abuses

The U.S. Justice Department launched an investigation Wednesday into alleged civil rights violations by police in a majority Black Mississippi city, stepping in following accusations that officers used excessive force and arrested people without justification.

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