Feds will seek to determine if the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department engaged in a pattern of violence, illegal searches and arrests or other discriminatory practices.

The U.S. Department of Justice announced a massive federal investigation into the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department.

The U.S. Department of Justice is opening a federal civil rights investigation into Rankin County and the Rankin County Sheriff's Office. The announcement was made at a news conference Thursday by the DOJ's Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke and U.S ...

U.S. Department of Justice launches civil rights investigation into Rankin County, Mississippi, and the Rankin County Sheriff's Department.

The Justice Department has initiated a civil rights investigation into the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department in Mississippi after several deputies, including members of a self-styled “Goon Squad,” abused and tortured two Black men during a home raid last year.

This investigation is separate and independent from the federal criminal civil rights prosecutions of Rankin County deputies related to the assaults of Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker.

Six former officers, who were members of a self-proclaimed "Goon Squad," were sentenced to decades in prison for torturing two Black men.

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 Squad" were prosecuted for torturing and sexually abusing two Black men.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a civil rights investigation into the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department following a racist attack on two Black men by white officers. The investigation will determine whether the department engages in patterns or practices that violate the Constitution and federal law by evaluating all types of force used by officers,