Source: SFGate
“Attorneys for two [b]lack men who were tortured by Mississippi law enforcement officers said Monday that they expect to file more lawsuits on behalf of other people who say they were brutalized by officers from the same sheriff’s department. The Justice Department said Thursday that it was opening a civil rights investigation into the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department. The announcement came months after five former Rankin County deputies and one Richland former police officer were sentenced on federal criminal charges in the racist attack that included beatings, repeated use of stun guns and assaults with a sex toy before one victim was shot in the mouth. Attorneys Malik Shabazz and Trent Walker sued the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department last year on behalf of the two victims, Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker. The suit is still pending and seeks $400 million.” (09/23/24)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/attorneys-say-other-victims-could-sue-a-19787262.php