This investigation is separate and independent from the federal criminal civil rights prosecutions of Rankin County deputies ...

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

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

Feds will seek to determine if the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department engaged in a pattern of violence, illegal searches and ...

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

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

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

This investigation is separate and independent from the federal criminal civil rights prosecutions of Rankin County deputies ...

The Justice Department will determine if allegations of widespread violence and improper searches amount to a pattern of ...

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

The Justice Department will investigate whether the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department has engaged in a pattern or practice ...