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Justice Department opens probe into Mississippi sheriff's office after torture of 2 Black men

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

Six white officers pleaded guilty in 2023 to breaking into a home without a warrant and engaging in an hourslong attack on Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker .

The officers were sentenced in March , receiving terms of 10 to 40 years .

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English

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