ProPublica Partner Sues Mississippi County for Blocking Access to Search Warrants
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The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal has sued Mississippi’s Union County, asking a judge to order that search warrants in its county-level justice court be made open for public inspection.

A joint investigation found many #Mississippi courts thwart public scrutiny of search #warrants. Experts say that violates long-standing norms of public access & the state’s public records law.

https://www.propublica.org/article/daily-journal-sues-union-county-mississippi-blocking-search-warrant-access?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

ProPublica Partner Sues Mississippi County for Blocking Access to Search Warrants

A joint investigation found that many Mississippi courts thwart public scrutiny of search warrants. Experts say that violates long-standing norms of public access and the state’s public records law.

ProPublica
@adamjcook @ProPublica let me guess, repugnican legislature and or governor?

@guiltmanager @ProPublica Yes, but these “transparency games” are played all over the US.

#Chicago, my hometown, is notorious for its “black site” detentions with virtually zero accountability: https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/24/chicago-police-detain-americans-black-site

The disappeared: Chicago police detain Americans at abuse-laden 'black site'

<strong>Exclusive:</strong> Secret interrogation facility reveals creeping aspects of war on terror in US city as accounts describe shackling and brutality without basic rights

The Guardian
@adamjcook @ProPublica I'm guessing that means detaining black people for no reason, apart from being a racist cunt?

@guiltmanager @ProPublica It’s the Chicago Way, sadly.

An extremely beautiful city on the surface that I would argue is the most unequal, racially-segregated in the US.

The West and South sides are continuously robbed of resources.

@adamjcook @ProPublica horrendous!!