Joshua Hartfield, the last person connected to the 'Goon Squad' and a former Richland police officer, was sentenced Thursday afternoon to 10 years in federal prison for involvement in the abuse and ...

The U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney Todd Gee held a listening session Tuesday for people to bring forward their stories that could potentially be criminal cases involving civil rights ...

The horrific nature of what happened in Rankin County in January 2023 is beyond dispute. On Tuesday, former sheriff’s deputy Hunter Elward, who pleaded guilty in August to multiple charges and ...

Brandon, Mississippi (CNN) — Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who abused two Black men for hours were sentenced in state court Wednesday to 15 to 45 years in prison. Their sentences ...

The highest-ranking member of the "Goon Squad" has been sentenced to more than 27 years in federal prison. Former Rankin County Deputy Brett McAlpin, 53, is the fifth of six white former lawmen to be ...

Beyond the courthouse, the “Goon Squad” sentencings also set the stage for people across majority-Black greater Jackson to confront the case’s excruciating truths: from vestiges of slavery to the ...

Eddie Parker stood in a courtroom facing the former Mississippi law enforcement officers who were convicted of torturing him and one of his friends. Some of the ex-officers wore red-striped outfits ...

Publisher Headup has formed a new independent studio: Goon Squad. Consisting of the publisher's own in-house development team, Headup says the formation of Goon Squad "marks a significant milestone in ...

(CNN) — I am the granddaughter of a Mississippi sheriff. I am also a historian who has spent the last five years researching the history of law enforcement in Mississippi. For these reasons, I was ...