WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on Sept. 19, 2024, by Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke announcing a pattern or practice investigation of Rankin County, Mississippi, and Rankin County Sheriff's Department: * * * As Prepared for Delivery Good afternoon. My name is Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department. I am joined by Todd Gee, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Miss  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Sept. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi posted the following news release on Sept. 19, 2024: The Justice Department announced today that it has opened a civil pattern or practice investigation into Rankin County, Mississippi, and the Rankin County Sheriff's Department (RCSD). Rankin is the state's fourth most populous county, with a population of approximately 160,000. It is located about 30 minutes east of the state capital, Ja  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2024: The Justice Department announced today that it has opened a civil pattern or practice investigation into Rankin County, Mississippi, and the Rankin County Sheriff's Department (RCSD). Rankin is the state's fourth most populous county, with a population of approximately 160,000. It is located about 30 minutes east of the state capital, Jackson, Mississippi. The investigation will seek to  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Sept. 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, Todd Gee, issued the following remarks on Sept. 19, 2024, announcing a pattern or practice investigation of the Rankin County, Mississippi Sheriff's Department and Rankin County: * * * Thank you, Assistant Attorney General Clarke for your leadership. The Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division has a long history of helping to bring change to Mississippi and this nation, and you have continued th  more