Justice Department opens civil rights investigation into Mississippi ...
WEB8 hours 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 ...
Justice Department opens civil rights probe of ... - Associated Press News
WEB10 hours ago · The U.S. attorney for the southern district of Mississippi, Todd Gee, said text messages between Goon Squad members, including officers who were not present during the January 2023 assault, showed that deputies “routinely discussed extreme, unnecessary uses of force and other ways to dehumanize residents of Rankin County.”
Goon Squad Violence Leads to Federal Investigation of Mississippi ...
WEB7 hours ago · 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 ...
6 Mississippi 'Goon Squad' officers sentenced to 15 to 45 ... - NBC News
WEBApr 10, 2024 · The six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who tortured and abused two Black men in a racist attack were sentenced on Wednesday to 15 to 45 years in prison on state charges.
Mississippi 'goon squad' officer gets 40 years for racist torture | AP News
WEBMar 21, 2024 · JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two former Mississippi deputies wept in court Wednesday as a federal judge sentenced them to years in prison and condemned their cruelty for breaking into a home with four other white officers and torturing two Black men.
Mississippi sheriff’s office that produced ‘Goon Squad’ faces …
WEB10 hours ago · Justice Department probes Mississippi sheriff’s office that had ‘Goon Squad’ ... Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke said in a news conference. ... In Mississippi, six former law ...
Mississippi’s ‘Goon Squad’ sentenced: Live updates | CNN
WEBApr 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...
Mississippi Goon Squad Officer Sentenced to 20 Years for …
WEBMar 19, 2024 · Two former law enforcement officers who were part of a self-styled “Goon Squad” that tortured, sexually assaulted and beat residents of a Mississippi county were given hefty prison sentences...
'Goon Squad': Mississippi officers sentenced for torture of Black …
WEBApr 10, 2024 · Already sentenced to many years in federal prison, six white former Mississippi law enforcement officers have been sentenced in state court for their roles in torturing two Black men.
Rankin County, Mississippi: All 6 rogue Mississippi cops got long ... - CNN
WEBMar 22, 2024 · The hearing capped an emotional three days during which vivid accounts of the horrifying brutality of a self-styled “Goon Squad” of deputies gripped a packed courtroom, where the highest-ranking...