A Mississippi civil rights lawyer has been arrested while filming a traffic stop conducted by officers from a police department she is suing in federal court
FILE - Jill Collen Jefferson, president of JULIAN, civil rights and international human rights law firm, speaks in Lexington, Miss., during a civil rights tour, June 1, 2023. The civil rights attorney was arrested Saturday, June 10, while filming a traffic stop conducted by officers from a police department she is suing in federal court. JACKSON, Miss.
Jefferson was arrested nine days after Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights DivisionJefferson's lawsuit claims police have subjected Lexington residents to false arrests, excessive force and intimidation. Carr said Jefferson complied with a request to produce identification and questioned why the officers had approached her as she filmed on a public street. She was arrested and charged with three misdemeanors: failure to comply, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
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