Mississippi Senate paid Black attorney less than white ones, US Justice ...
5 days ago · The Mississippi Senate discriminated against a Black attorney by paying her about half of what her white colleagues were paid for the same job. ... The seal for the United States Department of Justice is displayed on a podium before a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, April 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) ...
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6 days ago · An indictment was unsealed today in the Southern District of Mississippi charging Hinds County District Attorney, Jody E. Owens II, 43; Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, Chokwe Antar Lumumba, 41; and former President and current member of the Jackson City Council, Aaron Banks, 47, all of Jackson, with participating in a bribery scheme to enrich themselves. Owens, Lumumba, and
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6 days ago · The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today against the Mississippi State Senate for discriminating against a Black former staff attorney in its Legislative Services Office (LSO). The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, alleges that the Senate paid her about half the salary of her white colleagues in violation of Title VII of the
US DOJ sues MS Senate for discriminating against former Black …
5 days ago · 1:27. The United States Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the Mississippi Senate, alleging it discriminated against a former Black attorney who worked in the Legislative Services ...
Mississippi Senate paid Black attorney less than white ones, US Justice ...
5 days ago · FILE - The seal for the United States Department of Justice is displayed on a podium before a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, April 13, 2023.
A yacht, a hollow book and a ‘war room’: How the FBI ... - NBC News
3 hours ago · During the raid, they found that a book titled “The Constitution of The United States” was actually a lockbox, according to the indictment. Inside, officials said, there was $20,000 in cash.
US Justice Dept finds abuses by Mississippi police department
Sep 26, 2024 · The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it found a series of civil rights violations by a small-town Mississippi police department, accusing officers of routinely using excessive force and...
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Aug 27, 2024 · Former Biloxi City Councilman Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Drug Conspiracy Involving Vape Shops. Gulfport, Miss. – A former Biloxi City Councilman was sentenced to 72 months in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a Schedule I controlled substance. August 13, 2024.
Mississippi's violent prisons violating Constitution, US Justice ...
Feb 28 (Reuters) - Mississippi is violating the constitutional rights of thousands of people held in three of its prisons, where violence is pervasive and the use of solitary confinement leads to...
US officials in Mississippi charged with bribery, conspiracy
4 days ago · A federal indictment released Thursday revealed the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged the Jackson, Mississippi, mayor, two council members, and the district attorney with conspiracy, bribery, fraud, and money laundering.. Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri reported in a DOJ press release that the charges are tied to alleged acts involving a real estate ...