Mississippi's Biggest Sting: Desoto County Org Takedown Makes Headlines

Webthe legal defense fund, the aclu of mississippi and harvard election law have filed a lawsuit in the federal court for the northern district of mississippi claiming. Webdistrict attorney matthew barton announced wednesday that operation creep sweep has resulted in 58 felony indictments against sex offenders and predators. Webthe lawsuit argues that the desoto county map is racially discriminatory and violates section 2 of the voting rights act by severely diluting the voting power of black.

Weba federal lawsuit alleges that among the five districts drawn to elect officials in mississippi’s desoto county, all of them are discriminatory against black mississippians. Webover 500 felony crimes indicted with operation clean sweep in desoto county. Webthe national association for the advancement of colored people (naacp) has sued desoto county in mississippi over claims of gerrymandering making voting.