The NAACP ends its challenge over Mississippi creating a new court in majority-Black capital city ...Middle East

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The NAACP is ending its lawsuit that challenged a decision by the majority-white and Republican-run Mississippi Legislature to create a new state court in Jackson, the capital city that is majority-Black and governed by Democrats. The civil rights group and local residents sued the state in 2023 to try to block creation of a court in the Capitol Complex Improvement District, an area that includes downtown and other parts of Jackson with state government buildings and affluent shopping areas. A plan to create the court coincided with the Legislature’s decision to expand patrol territory for the state-run Capitol Police. “Plaintiffs are heartened by reports that the CCID

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