ACLU Sues Lexington over Civil Rights Lawyer's Arrest

ACLU sues Lexington over civil rights lawyer's arrest

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced a lawsuit against the city of Lexington and three police officers related to a high-profile arrest in 2023. Attorney Jill Collen Jefferson and others filed a 2022 lawsuit on behalf of Lexington residents. They were alleged to be some of the victims of the Lexington Police Department's (LPD) harassment and retaliation against Black citizens. In …

ACLU of Mississippi Seeks Damages From City of Lexington and

LEXINGTON, Miss. – The ACLU-MS, JULIAN and Paul Hoffman of UC Irvine School of Law Defending Democracy Clinic and Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman, LLP, filed a complaint against the City of Lexington, two Lexington Police Department officers, and the Chief of Police.