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

“On behalf of Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker, and innumerable victims of Rankin County’s long and extremely violent legacy ...

This is a first, critical step in cleaning up the Sheriff's Department and holding Rankin County legally accountable ... we applaud the DOJ Civil Rights Division today. (Case 3:23-cv-00374-DPJ ...

The U.S. Department of Justice is opening a federal civil rights investigation into Rankin County and the Rankin County Sheriff's Office. The announcement was made at a news conference Thursday by the ...

SO, WHERE DOES IT LEAVE US, WHEN TWO AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENTS ARE BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE DOJ FOR CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND UNLAWFUL POLICING PRACTICES? LAST MONTH - THE DEPARTMENT OF ...

Civil rights attorneys and the families of victims of police violence worry what a second Trump presidency could mean for ...

The Justice Department announced Thursday that it has broadened its investigation into the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department in Mississippi ... while also welcoming DOJ’s input into our updated ...

ACCORDING TO THE RANKIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, FRANKY LOVERN SENIOR WAS FOUND GUILTY OF SEXUAL BATTERY AND GRATIFICATION OF ...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Tuesday it will monitor voting in a county in northeast Ohio, citing intimidation concerns stemming from a social media post from a local sheriff about ...

The county election board, days after the post, voted to remove the Sheriff’s Department from the election security used for in-person early voting. On Tuesday, the DOJ said it would be ...

FORT WORTH – Sheriff Bill E. Waybourn on Thursday touted a United States Department of Justice review of the Tarrant County Jail. A two-person DOJ panel mostly found that the jail met or ...

An agreement has been reached between the Madison County Board of Education and the Department of Justice (DOJ) in a long-standing school desegregation case. An agreement has been reached between ...