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.

The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday launched a civil rights probe into the Rankin County Sheriff's Department in ...

The racist attack included beatings, repeated use of stun guns and assaults with a sex toy before one of the victims was shot ...

The U.S. Department of Justice announced a massive federal investigation into the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department.

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

The Rankin County Sheriff’s Office in Mississippi is notorious for its "Goon Squad," which beat and tortured two men.

The Justice Department has initiated a civil rights investigation into the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department in Mississippi ...

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

The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a sweeping civil rights investigation into the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department ...

The Justice Department will investigate whether the Rankin County Sheriff's Office engaged in a pattern or practice of ...

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