“After an extensive review, we found that police officers in Lexington routinely make illegal arrests, use brutal and unnecessary force and punish people for their poverty — including by jailing people who cannot afford to pay fines or money bail,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, who leads the civil rights division. “For too long, the Lexington Police Department has been playing by its own rules and operating with impunity. It’s time for this to end.”
Seems pretty standard for the south (Missouri is south-adjacent).
So it wasn't worth posting?
So now they're going to do something about it, right?
Right?
I'm shocked! Next you'll tell me it's against minorities or something.
making one arrest for every four residents over the past two years.
For non-Americans this is truely shocking. You act like it's nothing new.
Edit: Mississippi has an incarceration rate that is 15 times as high as Germany's. Lexington's rate is 10 times higher than Mississippi's.
For one arrest that happens in Germany, 150 people get arrested over there.
Seems pretty standard for the south (Missouri is south-adjacent).
So it wasn't worth posting?
So now they're going to do something about it, right?
Right?
I'm shocked! Next you'll tell me it's against minorities or something.
For non-Americans this is truely shocking. You act like it's nothing new.
Edit: Mississippi has an incarceration rate that is 15 times as high as Germany's. Lexington's rate is 10 times higher than Mississippi's. For one arrest that happens in Germany, 150 people get arrested over there.
Sources: [1] [2] [3]
I think people are responding the way they are because this isn't new. We already know.
ACAB
mississippi?! no wayyyyyyy
maybe the old "you hurt the ones you love" rings true, since every family tree is a wreath
The Justice Department is WOKE! Unless of course they Retract this then I DONT CARE because I THINK for MYSELF!