The probe comes after the conviction of five former sheriff's deputies.
'Long overdue': Victims of racially motivated torture 'welcome' DOJ probe of Rankin County Sheriff's OfficeIn this March 18, 2024, file photo, Michael Corey Jenkins, right, and Eddie Terrell Parker, left, stand with their local attorney Trent Walker, as he calls on a federal judge at a news conference in Jackson, Miss.
"Those officers have since been convicted and sentenced, but we are launching this civil pattern or practice investigation to examine serious allegations that the Rankin County Sheriff's Department systematically violates people's constitutional rights through excessive use of force; unlawful stops, searches, and arrests; and discriminatory policing," U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said in the statement announcing the probe.
"The torture and abuse of so many took place because, despite innumerable warnings, Rankin County and Sheriff Bailey belligerently refused to properly monitor and supervise this rogue and violent department," Shabazz and Walker claimed in the statement. All six pleaded guilty to 16 felony charges related to the racially motivated torture and sexual assault of Jenkins and Parker, along with a third Rankin County man, in two unrelated incidents, according to areleased by U.S. Department of Justice on Aug. 3, 2023. They also pleaded guilty to a subsequent plan to cover up their crimes.
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