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

The defendants include five former Rankin County sheriff’s deputies — Brett McAlpin, 53 ... s department with the others and was not a member of the “Goon Squad.” In federal court ...

A white person phoned Deputy Brett McAlpin and complained that two Black men were staying with a white woman at a house in Braxton. Once inside the home, the officers handcuffed Jenkins and Parker ...

A white person phoned Deputy Brett McAlpin and complained that two Black ... said text messages between Goon Squad members, including officers who were not present during the January 2023 assault ...

Deputy Brett McAlpin told Deputy Christian Dedmon, who then texted a group of white deputies nicknamed “the Goon Squad” for their willingness to use excessive force. Dedmon asked if the officers were ...