Mississippi Sheriff Takes Action: Deputies Accused of Abusing Black Men Fired Amid Federal Probe
All five Mississippi deputy sheriffs who responded to an incident where two Black men accused the deputies of beating and sexually assaulting them before shooting one of them in the mouth have been fired or resigned. The Rankin County Sheriff's Office had been under investigation by the Justice Department for civil rights violations. The firing of the deputies follows an Associated Press investigation that found several deputies involved in the incident were also linked to other violent encounters with Black men. The victims have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit seeking $400 million in damages.