Justice Department opens civil rights probe into sheriff’s office after torture of 2 Black men

Justice Department opens civil rights probe into sheriff’s office after torture of 2 Black men

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into a Mississippi sheriff’s department whose officers tortured two Black men in a case that drew condemnation from top U.S. law enforcement officials, including Attorney General Merrick Garland. The Justice Department will investigate whether the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department engaged in a

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