Justice Department attorneys from Washington and the state capital pulled into a church parking lot in this small town on Thursday, showing hints of smiles beneath stern expressions. The marquee displayed a passage from the Gospel of Luke: “For with God,

Police in a majority-Black Mississippi city discriminate against Black people, use excessive force and retaliate against critics, the Justice Department said Thursday in a scathing report detailing a slew of civil rights abuses by law enforcement in one of America's poorest counties.