Mississippi sheriff sets policies amid racial profiling suit
Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press Updated 4:42 pm CDT, Thursday, September 19, 2019
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A county in south Mississippi has settled a racial profiling lawsuit and its sheriff's department is setting new policies that limit officers' use of race or national origin as a reason to stop and question people, attorneys say.
A family with Latino and Native American background filed a federal lawsuit in November against Hancock County, Mississippi.
The Southern Poverty Law Center and the Mississippi Center for Justice, representing the family, said Wednesday that a settlement was signed last month and that the new anti-profiling policies are part of the settlement.
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