Brian Howey and Nate Rosenfield cover criminal justice issues in Mississippi as part of a New York Times fellowship focused on local investigations.
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For nearly 20 years, a group of deputies at the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department in Mississippi used Tasers to torture people they suspected of using and dealing drugs. The group of officers — known as the Goon Squad — would raid homes, accuse those inside of crimes and shock them until they offered information or confessed…