The Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation into the sheriff’s department in Mississippi’s Rankin County ...
Last year, two Black men were beaten and tasered by six officers in a no-warrant house raid. Since then, the Justice Department said it got more complaints regarding similar instances by the deputies.
Authorities said the civil rights probe would examine whether officers systemically targeted minorities with excessive force.
The Justice Department will determine if allegations of widespread violence and improper searches amount to a pattern of ...
The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday launched a civil rights probe into the Rankin County Sheriff's Department in ...
One of the Mississippi “Goon Squad” officers who are responsible for the racist attack and torture of two Black men is attempting to have his sentence reduced. In April 2024, former ...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a civil rights investigation into the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department following ...
The racist attack included beatings, repeated use of stun guns and assaults with a sex toy before one of the victims was shot ...
"We will continue this transparency and will fully cooperate with all aspects of this investigation," the sheriff's office ...
The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a sweeping civil rights investigation into the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department ...
The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into a Mississippi sheriff’s department whose officers ...
Six former officers, who were members of a self-proclaimed "Goon Squad," were sentenced to decades in prison for torturing ...