RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) - The Justice Department has opened a civil pattern or practice investigation into Rankin County, Mississippi, and the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department. According ...

6 white ex-lawmen sentenced to a total of 132 years in federal prison for the 2023 racially-motivated torture of Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Parker during a no-warrant house raid.

A Justice Department investigation this year found that Rankin County deputies chose the name Goon Squad “because of their willingness to use excessive force and not report it.” ...

The Justice Department announced Thursday that it had expanded its investigation into the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department where a self-described “Goon Squad” of deputies has been accused of ...

The Justice Department will investigate whether the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department engaged in a pattern or practice of excessive force and whether it used racially discriminatory policing ...

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia (NNPA Newswire) – The U.S. Department of Justice launched a civil rights investigation into Rankin County ...

With a population of approximately 157,000 of which more than 71% are white, Rankin County has the smallest Black population (about 21%) of any county in the Jackson Metropolitan Area.

Attorneys Malik Shabazz and Trent Walker sued the Rankin County Sheriff's Department last year on behalf of the two victims, Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker. The suit is still ...

The U.S. Department of Justice announced a massive federal investigation into the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department.“To determine if they engage in a pattern or practice of conduct that violates the ...

The Rankin County Sheriff’s Department is the 11th law enforcement agency in the U.S. to come under a Justice Department investigation since 2021, Clarke said.