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U.S.Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh (6th from left) and U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson (second right) with Black farmers in the Delta involved in the Pitts Farm lawsuit, during a meeting at the Mississippi Center for Justice in Indianola, Thursday, June 30, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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44 Delta employers fined $350,000 for racist wage and hiring practices, pay $505,000 in back wages
By MINA CORPUZ - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,06/28/23-2:50PM , 790 Reads 9,295 Statewide
Labor Secretary Marty Walsh vowed a year ago to fight the racist wage and hiring practices alleged by Black farm workers regarding workplace abuse and exploitation in the Delta.
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Michael Jenkins holds his neck as he attempts to answer questions from his attorney during a press conference near the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. Jenkins' lawyer claims that Jenkins and Terrell Parker were assaulted by Rankin County sheriff deputies, which left him with serious injuries. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Rankin sheriff fires deputies accused of beating, torturing two men
By MINA CORPUZ - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,06/28/23-1:34PM , 375 Reads 7,953 Statewide
Rankin County deputies accused of beating and torturing two men earlier this year have been fired, Sheriff Bryan Bailey announced Tuesday.
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He died from injuries sustained during his 2021 arrest. Family wants Rankin County deputies held accountable.
By MINA CORPUZ - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,06/22/23-5:04PM , 483 Reads 9,294 Statewide
Editor’s Note: This story includes a graphic photo of Damien Cameron in the hospital before his death.

Two years after a Rankin County man died at the hands of sheriff’s deputies, family and community members are frustrated by a lack of accountability and answers.
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Mississippi Choctaws celebrate high court ruling on tribal sovereignty
By MINA CORPUZ - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,06/16/23-5:00PM , 571 Reads 12,678 Statewide
The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians has joined the celebration of a victory handed down by the U.S.
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