Mississippi Sheriff Fires All Deputies Involved in Beating, Shooting of Black Men During Raid

The Rankin County Sheriff fired all deputies involved in a January incident where two Black men were allegedly beaten and tortured for 90 minutes during a home raid.
The two victims have filed a federal lawsuit seeking $400 million in damages from the sheriff's department.
The US Department of Justice has opened a civil rights investigation into the incident.
An Associated Press investigation found that several of the deputies involved had been linked to other violent encounters with Black men.
community leaders and the victims' attorneys have called for criminal charges against the deputies.