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

Six former officers, who were members of a self-proclaimed "Goon Squad," were sentenced to decades in prison for torturing ...

The Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation into the sheriff’s department in Mississippi’s Rankin County ...

Authorities said the civil rights probe would examine whether officers systemically targeted minorities with excessive force.

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 Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a civil rights investigation into the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department following ...

The investigation comes after Rankin County sheriff's deputies and a Richland police officer, called the "Goon Squad," were ...

U.S. District Judge Tom Lee called the former officers’ actions “egregious and despicable” and imposed sentences near the top ...

The Justice Department announced Thursday that it has broadened its investigation into the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department ...

"We will continue this transparency and will fully cooperate with all aspects of this investigation," the sheriff's office ...

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