Rankin Sheriff Enacts Policy Changes After ‘Goon Squad’ Tortured Black Men
The Rankin County Sheriff’s Department is undergoing policy changes after five deputies pleaded guilty for the beating and sexual assault of two Black men.
The Rankin County Sheriff’s Department is undergoing policy changes after five deputies pleaded guilty for the beating and sexual assault of two Black men.
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating the Lexington, Miss., Police Department amid allegations of misconduct.
Dexter Wade’s death and the monthslong failure of the Jackson Police Department to notify his family deserve federal scrutiny from the U.S. Department of Justice, civil-rights attorney Ben Crump said as he joined family members at a press conference on Monday, Oct. 30.
After searching for her missing son Dexter Wade for months, JPD told Bettersten Wade an officer had struck and killed him six months earlier.
“I know, the song is ‘art,’ and art is supposed to activate the right brain, the one that doesn’t analyze and judge, but here are some left-brain questions: Which small town? And where? In what time of history? And who exactly is ‘our own?'” Richard Conville writes.
The torture of Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker in Rankin County cannot be ignored “if fundamental justice is at all a goal,” Russ Latino writes.
Six white Rankin County, Miss., law enforcement officers accused of beating and assaulting two Black men, Michael Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker, pleaded guilty to 13 federal civil rights charges in federal court Thursday.
The Richland Police Department has fired Officer Joshua Hartfield for allegedly participating in the beating and torture of Michael Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker.
The Rankin County Sheriff’s Department fired five deputies who have been accused of beating and sexually assaulting two Black men, Michael Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker, Sheriff Bryan Bailey announced at a press conference Tuesday.
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