Jackson, Miss., Residents Assert Civil Rights Violations As Part Of Water Crisis

(June 26, 2023, 10:15 AM EDT) -- JACKSON, Miss. — Four residents of Jackson filed an amended class complaint in Mississippi federal court, seeking compensatory punitive damages and various types of remediation from city officials for the lead-contaminated water crisis in the city that the plaintiffs say is a violation of their civil rights under the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution....