President Donald Trump appears set to end federal oversight of police, including agencies that have committed systemic civil rights violations, like in Rankin County, Miss., and Lexington, Miss. New leadership at the Justice Department has already ordered a halt to all open civil rights investigations.
Lakeidra Chavis
Lakeidra Chavis is a staff writer for The Marshall Project. She has written extensively on gun violence and gun enforcement in Chicago, as well as Black suicides, gang structures and the opioid crisis. Her work currently focuses on juvenile justice. She previously reported at ProPublica Illinois and for NPR stations in Chicago and Alaska. Lakeidra was a 2021 Livingston Award finalist. She lives in Chicago, Illinois.
