Five former deputies and a former Richland police officer, some of whom called themselves “The Goon Squad,” are scheduled to be sentenced in January. Rankin County Sheriff's Office undergoes ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A member of the Rankin County ‘Goon Squad’ will spend 17.5 years in federal prison. U.S. District Judge Tom Lee sentenced Jeffrey Middleton on Tuesday. Earlier Tuesday ...

The meetings are being held to hear testimony from potential victims as part of an investigation into the Rankin County Sheriff’s Office following the conviction of members of “The Goon Squad,” a ...

Six officers who called themselves the "Goon Squad" pleaded guilty on August 3 to federal charges in connection to the attack on two Black men in January. Five were deputies for the Rankin County ...

The Justice Department announced Thursday that it has broadened its investigation into the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department in Mississippi, where a notorious “Goon Squad” of deputies has been ...

The Rankin County Sheriff's Department announced the ... All five deputies were part of a group of officers that called themselves the "goon squad" for their willingness to use excessive force ...

The investigation comes months after five Rankin County sheriff's deputies and a Richland police officer, called the "Goon Squad," were sentenced to federal prison. The officers were found guilty of ...

Read full article: All Orange County charter amendments pass in the ... to use excessive force they called themselves “The Goon Squad.” “Are y’all available for a mission?” ...

A man in Rankin County was airlifted to the hospital after being run over by a tractor. According to the Rankin County sheriff's office, it happened Friday after 5 p.m. on Highway 469 North.Deputies ...

The AFRO knows what it’s like to endure challenging times. John H. Murphy, Sr., a former enslaved man founded the AFRO in 1892 with $200 from his wife, Martha Howard Murphy. Together they ...