DOJ investigates Mississippi sheriff's office following 'Goon Squad ...
WEB20 hours ago · The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into policing in Rankin County, Miss., where six white former law enforcement officers — some of whom called themselves the "Goon ...
Rankin Sheriff’s Department Under Federal DOJ Investigation
WEB2 days ago · After six Mississippi law enforcement officers known as “The Goon Squad” pleaded guilty to crimes related to the torture of two Black men, the U.S. Department of Justice has opened a civil rights investigation into the the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department. The investigation will focus on three main areas, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Kristen Clarke said as ...
DOJ Launches Investigation Into This Mississippi County’s
WEB1 day ago · DOJ Launches Investigation Into This Mississippi County’s Infamous ‘Goon Squad’. Christina Carrega. Fri, September 20, 2024, 10:54 AM EDT · 3 min read. Nearly two years after Michael Corey ...
DOJ investigates Mississippi sheriff's office following 'Goon Squad ...
WEB20 hours ago · The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into policing in Rankin County, Miss., where six white former law enforcement officers — some of whom called themselves the "Goon Squad" — were convicted of torturing two Black men last year during a no-warrant house raid. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a ...
DOJ To Probe Mississippi Sheriff's Office For Racist Policing ...
WEB2 days ago · The Department of Justice announced Thursday it is opening a civil rights investigation into potentially racist policing practices within the Rankin County Sheriff’s Office in Mississippi. In April, five deputies from Rankin County were sentenced to prison for violating the civil rights of two Black men. Self-styled as the Goon Squad, the ...
Justice Department Investigating Rankin County Sheriff’s ... - MSN
WEBThe U.S. Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation into the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department in Mississippi after six former deputies, part of a group known as the “Goon […]
How a ‘Goon Squad’ of Deputies Got Away With Years of Brutality
WEBNov 30, 2023 · A Justice Department investigation this year found that Rankin County deputies chose the name Goon Squad “because of their willingness to use excessive force and not report it.”
Mississippi sheriff’s office to conduct review after details of a ‘Goon ...
WEBMay 30, 2024 · The Rankin County Sheriff’s Office says it will conduct a review and analysis after a Wednesday report from The New York Times and Mississippi Today detailed messages in an encrypted WhatsApp...
Mississippi 'goon squad' officer gets 40 years for racist torture | AP News
WEBMar 21, 2024 · Former Rankin County deputy Daniel Opdyke was sentenced to 17.5 years in federal prison for his role with five other now former Rankin County law enforcement officers, in the racially motivated, violent torture of Parker and Jenkins.
2 final Mississippi 'Goon Squad' members sentenced to prison ... - NBC News
WEBMar 21, 2024 · The six former Rank County sheriff’s deputies admitted to subjecting two Black men, Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker, to acts of racist torture.