JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A member of the Rankin County ‘Goon Squad’ will spend 17.5 years in federal prison. U.S. District Judge Tom Lee sentenced Jeffrey Middleton on Tuesday. Earlier Tuesday ...

Malik Shabazz, the lead attorney for Jenkins and Parker, said the “latest revelations regarding the Rankin County Mississippi ‘Goon Squad’ text messages are not surprising at all.” ...

The Justice Department announced Thursday that it has broadened its investigation into the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department in Mississippi, where a notorious “Goon Squad” of deputies has been ...

For nearly 20 years, a group of deputies at the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department in Mississippi used Tasers ... The group of officers — known as the Goon Squad — would raid homes, accuse ...

All but Hartfield served with the Rankin County Sheriff’s Office outside Mississippi’s capital city, where some called themselves “The Goon Squad.” McAlpin was the fourth highest-ranking ...

The Times and Mississippi Today reported in 2023 that a group of Rankin County sheriff’s deputies who called themselves the Goon Squad used their Tasers to torture suspected drug users for decades.

Two bills filed by Democrats are likely to face opposition, but sponsors say they could help end Taser abuses like those ...