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 ...

Two Democratic Mississippi lawmakers have introduced bills to restrict the use of Tasers by police following an investigation by Mississippi Today and The New York Times.

In this edition, we look at the state of Mississippi’s prison conditions nearly ... The U.S. attorney’s office also prosecuted the “Goon Squad,” six former officers in Rankin County convicted of ...

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 "Goon Squad ...

For nearly 20 years, a group of deputies at the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department in Mississippi used Tasers to torture people they suspected of using and dealing drugs. The group of officers — known ...

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation ... Department and this incident [and the handling of] the ‘Goon Squad.’” Six Rankin County officers were involved in the January 2023 torture of ...

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation ... Department and this incident [and the handling of] the ‘Goon Squad.’” Six Rankin County officers were involved in the January 2023 torture of ...

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.

During the arrest, Bailey said that deputies and the suspect were exposed to dust inside the vehicle which was suspected ...

Rankin County deputies arrested a man for trafficking fentanyl after a chase. According to Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey ...

A high-speed chase in Rankin County ended with a drug bust. Rankin County deputies arrested Marlon Brian Warner on Sunday ...

Rankin County deputies seized more than 60 pounds of drugs that were hidden inside a vehicle being hauled by an 18-wheeler. Investigator Tyler Burnell, with the Rankin County Sheriff’s Office, said a ...