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Well on the bright side, it's just one small city in some crappy state. Isolated incident it would seem. Let's not ignore this, but let's focus on bigger issues that affect all of us like immigrants eating housepets.
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Wow this is really fucked up. Here are some numbers from the article that can sorta quantify how bad it is:
"Lexington — a rural town of about 1,200 people, approximately 76% of whom are Black."
"Lexington residents owe police $1.7 million in fines, and the city court has issued bench warrants seeking the arrest of more than 650 people — roughly half of the city’s population — because of unpaid fines, Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke said."
And there's a lot of other horrible stuff in there that they did to people. Too bad the BLM Antifa destruction squads were made up, they could use one there.
Thank God, I thought it was way more widespread than that, so glad to hear it's just a small town in Mississippi.
Mississippi raciest I am in total shock!!!!
“Today’s findings show that the Lexington Police Department ~~abandoned~~ continued its sacred position of mistrust in the community by routinely violating the constitutional rights of those it ~~was sworn to~~ must bind but not protect,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said.
"FTFY" doesn't apply here. It's still fucked, but it's more accurate.
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this post was submitted on 27 Sep 2024
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