Neither the sheriff’s office nor an attorney representing the office responded to calls or an emailed list of questions about the allegations. In his Monday letter to Kristen Clarke, assistant attorney general for civil rights at the Justice Department, Shabazz called for an inquiry into a “pattern and practice of police misconduct and police brutality” in Rankin County.

24, and all parties must be held accountable.” “Sheriff Bryan Bailey and Rankin County are covering up the truth of what happened on Jan. “This extreme case of police brutality warrants enforcement of the civil rights criminal laws on the books,” Shabazz said in a statement.

24, putting a gun in his mouth, and firing after nearly two hours of “torture.” Jenkins has accused six deputies of bursting into a home where he was visiting a friend on Jan. In it, attorney Malik Shabazz urges federal prosecutors to file civil rights charges against the deputies and to open a broader investigation into what he called the “unconstitutional customs and practices” of the entire sheriff’s office.

The allegations are contained in a letter to the Justice Department written by Michael Corey Jenkins’ attorney, who provided a copy to the AP. (AP) - Mississippi sheriff’s deputies already under investigation for possible civil rights violations after allegedly placing a gun in a Black man’s mouth and firing it are now also being accused of attempting to assault him and a second Black man with a sex toy during an interrogation, The Associated Press has learned.

Once Upon a Lie by Michael R. French