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May 9, 2017

Suit Accuses Mississippi County of Imposing "State of Siege" Against Black Residents
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In Mississippi, the American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit
accusing the Madison County Sheriff's Department of imposing a permanent
state of siege against the county's African-American residents. The
lawsuit says the sheriff's department has maintained a series of
roadblocks and checkpoints in majority-black neighborhoods, where
African-American residents are subjected to illegal searches. The suit
represents 10 black residents in the county, including Quinnetta
Manning, whose husband was attacked and beaten by sheriff's department
officers, and who says, "I am scared all the time that the sheriff's
department will hurt me or [my] family."


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