This investigation is separate and independent from the federal criminal civil rights prosecutions of Rankin County deputies ...

Rankin County leaders and the Mississippi Department of Transportation were officially given the green light to construct a ...

The Justice Department announced Thursday that it had expanded its investigation into the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department ...

The Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation into the sheriff’s department in Mississippi’s Rankin County after several of its deputies – including some who were in a sel ...

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On Thursday, the DOJ announced that it was investigating the Rankin County Sheriff's Department after their officers were accused of torturing two Black men in an attack that included beatings ...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a civil rights investigation into the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department following a racist attack on two Black men by white officers. The investigation ...

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The department’s sweeping “pattern or practice” investigation will seek to determine whether the Rankin County Sheriff’s Office engaged in the systemic use of abusive tactics, improperly ...

Left to right: Sheridan Riley, Abbey Blackwell, Molly Rankin, Alec O’Hanley and Kerri MacLellan of Alvvays. Credit: Eleanor Petry A dark bruise of storm clouds begins to clot in the background of a ...

The Justice Department announced Thursday that it had expanded its investigation into the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department where a self-described “Goon Squad” of deputies has been accused ...