The Department of Justice (DOJ) will be stepping in to make changes in how law enforcement reports next-of-kin deaths after the bodies of several men were found buried in a pauper’s field in Mississippi.
According to the DOJ, because reports indicated that race played a role in the discarded burials, the department will assist the Jackson Police Department (JPD) and the Hinds County Coroner’s Office under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits racial discrimination in programs receiving federal assistance.
