The DOJ is investigating whether the sheriff's office engaged in a pattern of excessive force or if it's used racially ...

A group of the agency's former officers — who called themselves the "Goon Squad" — pleaded guilty last year to a series of charges for torturing two Black men. "The public is now well aware of ...

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

where six white former law enforcement officers — some of whom called themselves the "Goon Squad" — were convicted of torturing two Black men last year during a no-warrant house raid.

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

At least several of the defendants were part of a group of deputies who called themselves the “Goon Squad” because of their willingness to use excessive force and not report it, federal ...

Sept. 19, 2024 The Justice Department announced Thursday that it had expanded its investigation into the suburban Mississippi sheriff’s department where a self-described “Goon Squad” of ...

The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday launched a civil rights probe into the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department in Mississippi after several of its former officers known as the “Goon Squad ...

Clarke said that since the revelations of the Goon Squad’s activities came to light, “we have received reports of other instances that indicated this type of conduct was far too common.” ...

THE INVESTIGATION COMES MONTHS AFTER THE ARREST AND SENTENCING OF SEVERAL RANKIN COUNTY DEPUTIES, WHO DUBBED THEMSELVES THE 'GOON SQUAD'... 16 WAPT'S KYNDALL JONES IS LIVE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ...

The festival kicks off at 1 p.m. Sept. 27 with a wide-ranging conversation between novelists Jennifer Egan (“A Visit From the Goon Squad,” “The Candy House”) and Joseph O’Neill (“Netherland,” “The Dog ...