June 9, 2015
The charges were dropped against several people, including Henry Walker (left) and Ursula Miller (right), who cheered last month at a Senatobia graduation. Still, legal experts question whether the law that almost landed the people in jail is too broad to be enforced fairly. Photo courtesy Youtube/The Lyrical Elitist
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Civil Rights
Disturbing the Peace Law: Ludicrous?
Legal experts say Mississippi's disturbance of the peace statute is broad enough to mean whatever police and judges want it to mean.
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