"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.

Six former officers, who were members of a self-proclaimed "Goon Squad," were sentenced to decades in prison for torturing ...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a civil rights investigation into the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department following ...

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

The Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation into the sheriff’s department in Mississippi’s Rankin County ...

Attorneys Trent Walker and Malik Shabazz, with Black Lawyers for Justice, spoke to reporters on Monday in response to the U.S ...

Attorneys for three men tortured by “Goon Squad” officers called for the censure and removal of Rankin County Sheriff Bryan ...

In January 2023, five sheriff’s deputies and an off-duty ... Middleton and Opdyke — called themselves members of the "Goon Squad" because of their willingness to use excessive force and ...

The sheriff has faced growing calls to step down ... Bailey has insisted he was not aware of the “Goon Squad” of deputies until federal charges were filed in August 2023, saying he was ...