The U.S. 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 ...

A group of the agency's former officers — who called themselves the "Goon Squad" — pleaded guilty last year to a series of charges for torturing two Black men. "The public is now well aware of ...

Solis, File) “The concerns about the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department did not end with the demise of the Goon Squad ... at the Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, Sept.

At least several of the defendants were part of a group of deputies who called themselves the “Goon Squad” because of their willingness to use excessive force and not report it, federal ...

Sept. 19, 2024 The Justice Department announced Thursday that it had expanded its investigation into the suburban Mississippi sheriff’s department where a self-described “Goon Squad” of ...

U.S. Department of Justice launches civil rights investigation into Rankin County, Mississippi, and the Rankin County Sheriff ...

Last year, two Black men were beaten and tasered by six officers in a no-warrant house raid. Since then, the Justice ...