‘Goon Squad’ case: DOJ probes Mississippi sheriff’s office | CNN
Sep 20, 2024 · 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...
U.S. launches civil rights probe into Mississippi sheriff's office that ...
Sep 19, 2024 · The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday launched a civil rights probe into the Rankin County Sheriff's Department in Mississippi after several of its former officers known as the "Goon...
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Sep 19, 2024 · “The violent, unlawful and racially charged actions of the so-called Goon Squad left lasting and damaging effects on the community,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.
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Mar 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.
Justice Department opens civil rights probe of sheriff's office …
Sep 20, 2024 · The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into a Mississippi sheriff’s department whose officers tortured two Black men in a case that drew condemnation from top U.S. law enforcement officials.
DOJ investigates Mississippi sheriff's office following 'Goon Squad ...
Sep 21, 2024 · 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...
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Sep 19, 2024 · 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.
Justice Department probes Mississippi sheriff’s office that had ‘Goon …
Sep 19, 2024 · The Justice Department announced a federal civil rights investigation Thursday into a Mississippi sheriff’s office, months after five former sheriff’s deputies and a local police officer who...
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Sep 19, 2024 · Although Mr. Jenkins and Mr. Parker survived the attack, the deputies brutally beat, tortured and taunted them with racial slurs. One deputy shot Mr. Jenkins in the mouth while attempting a mock execution. The deputies who committed these heinous acts called themselves “the Goon Squad.”
Mississippi’s ‘Goon Squad’ sentenced: Live updates | CNN
Apr 10, 2024 · The six former Mississippi law enforcement officers, who are members of the self-styled “Goon Squad,” received state sentences Wednesday ranging from 15 and 45 years. They had pleaded guilty in...