‘Goon Squad’ case: DOJ probes Mississippi sheriff’s office - CNN
Sep 20, 2024 · CNN — 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...
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Oct 10, 2024 · Two former Crawford County, Arkansas, sheriff’s deputies were sentenced for using unlawful force on a man they arrested. Levi White, 34, was sentenced yesterday to 63 months in prison, and Zackary King, 28, was sentenced today to 12 months in prison.
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Sep 19, 2024 · Today, the Justice Department is opening a civil investigation into the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department and Rankin County, Mississippi, to determine whether they engage in a pattern or practice of conduct that violates the Constitution or federal law.
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Sep 10, 2024 · They've led protests against the federal mask and vaccine mandates and are embraced by far-right militia groups, white nationalists and presidential candidate Donald Trump, who sees them as allies...
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...
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Mar 5, 2024 · A federal jury in Lexington, Kentucky, yesterday found former Boyle County, Kentucky, Sheriff’s Deputy Tanner Abbott, 31, guilty of criminal civil rights violations and obstruction of justice.
Justice Department opens civil rights probe into sheriff’s office …
Sep 19, 2024 · JACKSON, Miss. — 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...
Justice Department opens civil rights probe of sheriff's office …
Sep 19, 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....
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.
Justice Department launches civil rights probes into South ... - CBS News
Nov 2, 2023 · The department's civil rights division launched separate probes at the Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center in Charleston and the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center in Columbia after reviewing...