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A lack of state standards leaves Mississippi police and sheriff's departments on their own to decide when to use stun guns, and many give officers a free hand. Last summer, [...]

An investigation found excessive Taser use in Mississippi to be widespread after reporters examined thousands of activations from department logs, many of which had never before been reviewed. Times Insider [...]

A lack of state standards leaves Mississippi police and sheriff’s departments on their own to decide when to use stun guns, and many give officers a free hand. Last summer, [...]

The Justice Department will determine if allegations of widespread violence and improper searches amount to a pattern of discrimination in the department. The Justice Department announced Thursday that it had [...]

More than two months after deputies were sentenced for torturing two Black men in central Mississippi, federal prosecutors have widened their investigation and may sue the Rankin County sheriff's department [...]

More than two months after deputies were sentenced for torturing two Black men in central Mississippi, federal prosecutors have widened their investigation and may sue the Rankin County sheriff’s department [...]

Between vacation photos and cookout invitations posted on their private text thread, a group of Mississippi sheriff's deputies who called themselves the Goon Squad traded pictures of rotting corpses and [...]

Years of messages from an encrypted WhatsApp text thread show conversations of sheriff’s deputies, including those who terrorized Mississippi residents. Between vacation photos and cookout invitations posted on their private [...]

Former deputies said they saw brutality as a way to rise in the ranks of a department that celebrated violence against people suspected of crimes. Sentencing hearings this week for [...]

A second sheriff’s deputy received a lesser sentence for his involvement in the abuse of Mississippi residents. A former sheriff’s deputy who subjected Mississippi residents to physical and sexual assaults [...]

Six officers pleaded guilty last year to assaulting two Black men and shooting one of them in the mouth during a raid on their home. Two former law enforcement officers [...]

Six officers pleaded guilty last year to assaulting two Black men and shooting one of them in the mouth during a raid on their home. One of six former law [...]

After news outlets uncovered 20 years of torture and other misconduct, lawmakers are considering changes that could bar corrupt officers from law enforcement. Mississippi lawmakers have introduced a bill that [...]

After news outlets uncovered 20 years of torture and other misconduct, lawmakers are considering changes that could bar corrupt officers from law enforcement. Mississippi lawmakers have introduced a bill that [...]

Mississippians say they’ve been shocked with Tasers, beaten with batons, pistol-whipped and waterboarded by Rankin County deputies, for decades. Last month, The New York Times and the Mississippi Center for [...]

For nearly two decades, a loose band of sheriff's deputies roamed impoverished neighborhoods across a central Mississippi county, meting out their own version of justice. Narcotics detectives and patrol officers, [...]

For nearly two decades, a loose band of sheriff’s deputies roamed impoverished neighborhoods across a central Mississippi county, meting out their own version of justice. Narcotics detectives and patrol officers, [...]

The article reports that the death of Damien Cameron, a Black man who died after an encounter with Rankin County sheriff's deputies, was initially ruled as "undetermined" by the state's chief medical examiner, despite signs of potential police brutality, including swelling and internal bleeding.