On Tuesday, two fellow officers weresentenced to years in prison. Former sheriff's deputy Hunter Elward received just over a 20-year sentence, while Jeffrey Middleton, another former deputy and the leader of the "Goon Squad" that abused the two men, was handed a 17.5-year prison sen...
Mississippi, and the Rankin County Sheriff's Department. A group of the agency's former officers — who called themselves the "Goon Squad" —pleaded guiltylast year to a series of charges fortorturing two Black men.
The article looks at the illegal practices of the British tabloid newspaper "News of the World," which includes telephone voice-mail hacking and bribery of police officers, and notes that similar practices are also taking place in the U.S. The author comments on how "News of the World" ...
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday 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 tortu...