‘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...
Justice Department Announces Civil Rights Investigation of Rankin ...
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.
Rankin Sheriff’s Department Under Federal DOJ Investigation
Sep 20, 2024 · After six Mississippi law enforcement officers known as “The Goon Squad” pleaded guilty to crimes related to the torture of two Black men, the U.S. Department of Justice has opened a civil rights investigation into the the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department.
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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Aug 3, 2023 · Three of the defendants admitted in court that they were members of “The Goon Squad,” a group of RCSO officers who were known for using excessive force and not reporting it.
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Mar 21, 2024 · According to court documents and the plea hearings, the defendants admitted that on Jan. 24, 2023, Dedmon sent a group message to Middleton, Elward, and Opdyke, three members of the “Goon Squad,” orchestrating a “mission” to forcibly enter a home in Braxton, Rankin County, Mississippi, where two Black men, M.J. and E.P., were residing.
Justice Department opens civil rights investigation into ... - CBS News
Sep 19, 2024 · Six former officers, who were members of a self-proclaimed "Goon Squad," were sentenced to decades in prison for torturing two Black men.
6 Mississippi 'Goon Squad' officers sentenced to 15 to 45 ... - NBC News
Apr 10, 2024 · 6 Mississippi 'Goon Squad' officers sentenced to 15 to 45 years on state charges for torture of 2 Black men. The white officers pleaded guilty in the brutal attack on Michael Corey Jenkins and...
6 ex-officers, some of whom called themselves ‘The Goon Squad ... - CNN
Aug 14, 2023 · The six officers were charged with a combined 13 felonies in connection with “the torture and physical abuse” of the two men that night, the Justice Department said in a news release.
Goon Squad former officers sentenced by state of Mississippi
Apr 10, 2024 · The Goon Squad federal sentences. March 19: Elward, who shot Jenkins in the mouth, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison. Judge Lee called Elward's crimes “egregious and despicable ...