Dan GillmorDec 1, 2023

(Revised)

The New York Times is collaborating with local newsrooms on investigative projects. This piece, produced with Mississippi Today, is a brilliant and terrifying look into a Mississippi sheriff's department "goon squad" that operated with violent impunity for years. https://mississippitoday.org/2023/11/30/rankin-county-sheriff-goon-squad-got-away-with-years-of-brutality/?mc_cid=84eb08d38f

Note: The Times' initiative is being run by Dean Baquet, who IMO failed in key ways as the org's executive editor but is doing great stuff with this project. (Sadly, the new NYT editor is no better.)

How a ‘Goon Squad’ of Deputies Got Away With Years of Brutality

For nearly two decades, a band of Rankin County sheriff’s deputies roamed impoverished neighborhoods, meting out their version of justice.

Mississippi Today
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@dangillmor besides the brutality, this is another example of the complete failure of the war on drugs mentality. Addiction is a public health problem and should be treated as such
Dec 1, 2023 at 6:32amWeb