‘Goon Squad’ in Mississippi sheriff’s office under DOJ probe
"Put simply, the concerns about the Rankin County Sheriff's Department did not end with the demise of the Goon Squad." ...
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DOJ investigates Mississippi sheriff's office following 'Goon Squad' torture case
Last year, two Black men were beaten and tasered by six officers in a no-warrant house raid. Since then, the Justice ...
DOJ Launches Investigation Into This Mississippi County’s Infamous ‘Goon Squad’
Nearly two years after Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker survived hours of a sadistic torture plot conjured up ...
DOJ probing sheriff's office in Mississippi "Goon Squad" case
Six former officers, who were members of a self-proclaimed "Goon Squad," were sentenced to decades in prison for torturing ...
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DOJ launches civil rights probe of Mississippi sheriff’s office whose deputies tortured 2 Black men in ‘Goon Squad’ case
The Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation into the sheriff’s department in Mississippi’s Rankin County ... were in a self-styled “Goon Squad” – abused and tortured ...
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Justice Department probes Mississippi sheriff’s office that had ‘Goon Squad’
The department’s sweeping “pattern or practice” investigation will seek to determine whether the Rankin County Sheriff ... the revelations of the Goon Squad’s activities came to light ...
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Justice Department opens civil rights investigation into Mississippi "Goon Squad" sheriff's office
"The public is now well aware of the heinous attack inflicted on two Black men by Rankin County deputies who called themselves the 'Goon Squad,'" said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland in a ...
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DOJ launches investigation into Mississippi sheriff’s department known for ‘Goon Squad’
“The public is now well aware of the heinous attack inflicted on two Black men by Rankin County deputies who called themselves the ‘Goon Squad,'” Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday.
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Goon Squad Violence Leads to Federal Investigation of Mississippi Sheriff’s Office
Rankin County came to national attention last year after deputies, some from the Goon Squad, tortured two Black men in their home and shot one of them, nearly killing him. Six officers pleaded ...
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Feds announce massive investigation into Rankin County Sheriff’s Department
THE INVESTIGATION COMES MONTHS AFTER THE ARREST AND SENTENCING OF SEVERAL RANKIN COUNTY DEPUTIES, WHO DUBBED THEMSELVES THE 'GOON SQUAD'... 16 WAPT'S KYNDALL JONES IS LIVE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ...