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Former City of Pearl, Miss., police Officer Michael Christian Green walks out of the federal courthouse in Jackson, Miss., March 14, 2024, after pleading guilty to a federal misdemeanor charge after authorities said he forced a man he had arrested to lick urine off the floor of a jail cell. Green was sentenced Wednesday, June 12, to one year in federal prison, the maximum penalty for the charge. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Ex-officer in Mississippi gets 1 year in prison for forcing man to lick urine off jail floor
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Wed,06/12/24-4:57PM , 238 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A former Mississippi police officer was sentenced Wednesday to a year in federal prison for forcing a man he had arrested to lick urine off the floor of a jail cell.
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State sued over age verification on websites
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Sat,06/08/24-2:00AM , 572 Reads
JACKSON — A new Mississippi law requiring users of websites and other digital services to verify their age will unconstitutionally limit access to online speech for minors and adults, a tech industry group says in a lawsuit filed Friday.
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Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch waves to the crowd at a Trump for President rally in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, June 6, 2024. Fitch was named a defendant in a lawsuit filed Friday, June 7, 2024, in federal court over a new Mississippi law requiring users of websites and other digital services to register their age. The suit by the tech industry group NetChoice contends the law will unconstitutionally limit access to online speech for minors and adults. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi is the latest state sued by tech group over age verification on websites
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Fri,06/07/24-2:14PM , 443 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A new Mississippi law requiring users of websites and other digital services to verify their age will unconstitutionally limit access to online speech for minors and adults, a tech industry group says in a lawsuit filed Friday.
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Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves is surrounded by legislative supporters after signing a bill to ban transgender athletes from competing on girls' or women's sports teams on March 11, 2021, at the state Capitol in Jackson, Miss. On Monday, April 29, 2024, Mississippi House and Senate negotiators quietly killed two bills that would have further restricted recognition of transgender people by limiting which bathrooms they could use in public buildings and by specifying that "there are only two sexes, and every individual is either male or female." (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Mississippi governor signs law restricting transgender people's use of bathrooms and locker rooms
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Mon,05/13/24-4:51PM , 407 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov.
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