DOJ investigates Mississippi sheriff's office following 'Goon Squad ...
WEB1 day 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 ...
Justice Department opens civil rights probe of sheriff's office …
WEB2 days ago · FILE - Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division at a news conference, Nov. 8, 2023, in Jackson, Miss. The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into a Mississippi sheriff’s department whose officers tortured two Black men in …
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WEB2 days ago · The five Rankin County Goon Squad deputies who assaulted Mr. Jenkins and Mr. Parker are in prison. But our prosecution of the Goon Squad deputies does not mean that the inadequate practices that may have fostered it have ended. Our investigation will answer that question. I will now turn the floor over to …
DOJ investigates Mississippi sheriff's office following 'Goon Squad ...
WEB1 day 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 statement Thursday that the investigation will examine ...
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WEB2 days ago · Mississippi "Goon Squad" officers sentenced for torturing Black men 06:19. The Justice Department on Thursday announced it is opening a civil rights investigation into Rankin County, Mississippi ...
Goon Squad Violence Leads to Federal Investigation of Mississippi ...
WEB2 days ago · 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 ...
Justice Department opens civil rights probe on ‘goon squad’ …
WEB2 days ago · “The concerns about the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department did not end with the demise of the Goon Squad,” Clarke said Thursday. The Justice Department has received information about other ...
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WEBMar 21, 2024 · Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers were sentenced this week for torturing and abusing two Black men in Rankin County, Mississippi. Senior District Judge Tom Lee sentenced the defendants to terms in prison ranging from 10 to 40 years.
U.S. Launches Civil Rights Probe Into Mississippi Sheriff's Office …
WEB2 days ago · U.S. Launches Civil Rights Probe Into Mississippi Sheriff's Office That Employed 'Goon Squad' By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday launched a civil ...
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WEB3 days ago · In January of last year, five white deputies from the Rankin County, Mississippi Sheriff’s Department, some of whom were part of a unit that described itself as the “Goon Squad,” entered a home without a warrant, and then handcuffed, kicked, tased, and sexually assaulted two African-American men, Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker, while ...
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