THE HIGHEST RANKING MEMBER OF THE RANKIN COUNTY GOON SQUAD IS APPEALING HIS SENTENCE. BRETT MCALPIN'S ATTORNEY FILED FOR THE APPEAL IN THE FIFTH CIRCUIT U-S COURT OF APPEALS. DOCUMETNS SHOW MCALPIN'S ...

Deputy Brett McAlpin told Deputy Christian Dedmon, who then texted a group of white deputies nicknamed “the Goon Squad” for ...

The Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation into the sheriff’s department in Mississippi’s Rankin County ...

One of the Mississippi “Goon Squad” officers who are responsible for the racist attack and torture of two Black men is attempting to have his sentence reduced. In April 2024, former ...

"Put simply, the concerns about the Rankin County Sheriff's Department did not end with the demise of the Goon Squad." ...

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 ...

"Since the Goon Squad's sickening acts came to light, we have received reports of other instances indicating that this conduct was far too common," Clarke told reporters at a virtual press conference.

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

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 ...

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 ...