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‘Goon Squad’ in Mississippi sheriff’s office under DOJ probe

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The Justice Department 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 ’ were prosecuted for torturing and sexually abusing two Black men.

This marks the 12th civil rights investigation launched by the Justice Department into systemic abuses by local law enforcement.

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English

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