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WEB18 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 ...
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WEB20 hours ago · Some of the officers were part of a group so willing to use excessive force they called themselves the Goon Squad. All six were sentenced in March, receiving terms of 10 to 40 years. The charges followed an Associated Press investigation in March 2023 that linked some of the officers to at least four violent encounters since 2019 that left two ...
‘Goon Squad’ case: DOJ probes Mississippi sheriff’s office - CNN
WEB17 hours ago · Since the horrifying brutality of the “Goon Squad” case came to light, the Justice Department’s civil rights division has received other reports of the department’s deputies overusing ...
Goon Squad Violence Leads to Federal Investigation of Mississippi ...
WEB17 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 ...
Justice Department opens civil rights probe on ‘goon squad’ after ...
WEB16 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 ...
Mississippi sheriff’s office that produced ‘Goon Squad’ faces …
WEB20 hours ago · The department’s sweeping “pattern or practice” investigation will seek to determine whether the Rankin County Sheriff’s Office engaged in the systemic use of abusive and discriminatory ...
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.
'Goon Squad': Mississippi officers sentenced for torture of Black …
WEBApr 10, 2024 · A white person phoned McAlpin and complained that two Black men were staying with a white woman at a house in Braxton, Mississippi. McAlpin told Dedmon, who texted a group of white deputies so willing to use excessive force they called themselves “The Goon Squad.”
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 in...