Attorneys for two Black men who were tortured by Mississippi law enforcement officers say they expect to file more lawsuits ...

Attorneys for two men tortured by Rankin County law enforcement are calling for the sheriff's removal from office.

The DOJ announced a federal civil rights probe into the Rankin County sheriff’s office after five former deputies were ...

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

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

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

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

Daniel Opdyke, and Joshua Hartfield. Elward was sentenced to 45 years, Dedemon to 25 years, Middleton and Opdyke to 20 years, and Hartfield, the only attacker not part of the “Goon Squad” or ...

The judge sentenced Christian Dedmon, 29, to 40 years and Daniel Opdyke, 28, to 17.5 years on Wednesday ... where some called themselves “The Goon Squad.” In March 2023, months before federal ...

McAlpin told deputy Christian Dedmon, who texted a group of white deputies so willing to use excessive force they called themselves “The Goon Squad ... attorney for Daniel Opdyke, one ...