Mississippi Sheriff Takes Action: Deputies Fired for Alleged Abuse of Black Men

All five Mississippi deputy sheriffs who responded to an incident in which 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 incident occurred when deputies from the Rankin County Sheriff's Department burst into a home without a warrant, and the victims alleged that they were subjected to physical abuse, sexual assault, and tasering. The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into the department. 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.