The Department of Justice announced on Sept. 19 that it would be conducting an investigation into the Rankin County Sheriff's ...

The U.S. Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into a Mississippi sheriff’s department whose officers ...

The investigation comes after Rankin County sheriff's deputies and a Richland police officer, called the "Goon Squad," were ...

The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday launched a civil rights probe into the Rankin County Sheriff's Department in ...

"Put simply, the concerns about the Rankin County Sheriff's Department did not end with the demise of the Goon Squad." ...

Authorities said the civil rights probe would examine whether officers systemically targeted minorities with excessive force.

"We will continue this transparency and will fully cooperate with all aspects of this investigation," the sheriff's office ...

DOJ officials visited El Paso, commemorated a mass shooting's anniversary, and engaged on civil rights with the community.

Last year, two Black men were beaten and tasered by six officers in a no-warrant house raid. Since then, the Justice ...

Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke said Thursday. Six white former law enforcement officers pleaded guilty in 2023 to breaking into a home without a warrant and engaging in an hourslong ...

Kristen Clarke, the assistant attorney general of the Civil Rights Division, said the investigation will examine whether the Rankin County Sheriff's Department uses excessive force, routinely ...

according to Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke. Five Rankin sheriff’s deputies pleaded guilty in 2023 to breaking into a home without a warrant and engaging in an hourslong attack on ...