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Coverage dated April 21, 2023 to April 22, 2023

Mississippi sued over policing plan

Headline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

JACKSON, Miss. -- The NAACP warns that "separate and unequal policing" will return to Mississippi's majority-Black capital under a state-run police department, and the civil-rights organization is suing the governor and other officials over it.

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15 articles, oldest first.

  1. Politico

    NAACP sues Mississippi over ‘separate and unequal policing’ (opens Politico)

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    Republican Gov. Tate Reeves decried accusations of racism.

  2. CBS News

    NAACP sues Mississippi over "separate and unequal" policing (opens CBS News)

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    NAACP National President Derrick Johnson said the new policing law would treat Black people as "second-class citizens."

  3. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Mississippi sued over policing plan (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    JACKSON, Miss. -- The NAACP warns that "separate and unequal policing" will return to Mississippi's majority-Black capital under a state-run police department, and the civil-rights organization is suing the governor and other officials over it.

  4. Delaware Public Media

    The NAACP is suing Mississippi over an expanded role for state-run police in Jackson (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    Delaware Public Media's feed description

    The NAACP says "separate and unequal policing" will return to Mississippi's majority-Black capital under a state-run police department.

  5. Insider

    NAACP sues Mississippi over its expanded control of law enforcement in the state's capital, which the organization says will create 'separate and unequal policing' (opens Insider)

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    The civil rights organization said the laws signed by Gov. Reeves "represent a state takeover of Jackson" and would disenfranchise city residents.

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