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Lexington drops charges in what civil attorney calls ‘an unjust arrest, fraudulent charges and a sham trial’
The city of Lexington has dropped all charges against civil rights attorney Jill Collen Jefferson, who has filed lawsuit against it and its police department for allegedly abusing its Black residents. Months after Lexington police arrested her, Holmes County Justice Court Judge Marcus Fisher convicted Jefferson in a bench trial of the misdemeanor charges of resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, failure to comply and blocking a public roadway for filming a traffic stop. She said the decision to drop those charges marks “the end of a challenging chapter characterized by an unjust arrest, fraudulent charges and a sham trial.” In a statement, she said the experience “has unscored the c

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