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Rankin County sheriff's deputies allegedly shot and waterboarded a Black man. Now the FBI is...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe DOJ investigation of the Rankin County, Mississippi, sheriff's office was prompted by the...
New Lawsuit Alleges 'Goon Squad' Officer Tortured Black Man With Police Dog
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 month agoChristian Dedmon, a former Rankin County sheriff's deputy and one of six former Mississippi law...
How 6 Mississippi officers tried to cover up their torture of Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie...
theGrio via AOL· 10 months agoIn Rankin County, the brutality visited upon Jenkins and Parker was not a botched police operation,...
The 'Goon Squad' Officers Were Sentenced To Prison — But Many People Want More
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 3 months agoCivil lead counsel Malik Shabazz (center) speaks to reporters following the sentencing of a fourth...
Maine Supreme Court will consider ‘second amendment for food’ in challenge to Sunday hunting ban
The Independent UK via AOL· 10 months agoMaine’s Supreme Court is readying itself to a hear a case that could allow it define the extent to...
A fourth former Mississippi officer is sentenced to 40 years in racially charged torture cases
CNN via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA fourth former Mississippi law enforcement officer who pleaded guilty to torturing two Black men...
Philly mayor might consider these lessons from NYC before expanding stop-and-frisk
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 months agoNew York City's use of stop-and-frisk was found to be unconstitutional in 2013. Spencer Platt/Getty...
Emmett Till’s accuser won’t be charged for his death. His family is still searching for justice
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEmmett Till was kidnapped, tortured, beaten and shot before his body was tied to fan blade and...
Man shot in the mouth by Mississippi deputy to file federal civil rights lawsuit
theGrio via AOL· 1 year agoIn a news release, Attorney Malik Shabazz said that he would file 22 claims of federal civil rights...
‘Goon Squad’ officers who tortured Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker sentenced in state...
theGrio via AOL· 2 months agoRankin County Circuit Judge Steve Ratcliff on Wednesday gave the men yearslong state sentences that...