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DOJ launches civil rights probe of Mississippi sheriff’s office whose deputies tortured 2 Black men in ‘Goon Squad’ case
The Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation into the sheriff’s department in Mississippi’s Rankin ... is the 12th pattern or practice probe of law enforcement misconduct ...
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‘Goon Squad’ in Mississippi sheriff’s office under DOJ probe
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 ...
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DOJ Shakeup May Put Civil Rights Probe of 1970 Jackson State, Mississippi, Killings At Risk
The Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Act made way for investigations of racially motivated killings. The federal agency ...
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‘Got Off Easy?’: Mississippi County Residents Outraged Over $2.5M Settlement for Black Men Who Were Tortured by Sheriff’s ‘Goon Squad’
The final chapter of the so-called “Goon Squad”—six rogue police officers who terrorized central Mississippi—closed last week ...