The New York Times and Jerry Mitchell dropped the bomb on the Rankin County Sheriff's Office today. The story portrays a group of deputies aptly named "The Goon Squad" as they allegedly terrorized people, black and white, since 2004. Mississippi Today reported:
For nearly two decades, a loose band of sheriff’s deputies roamed impoverished neighborhoods across a central Mississippi county, meting out their own version of justice. Narcotics detectives and patrol officers, some who called themselves the Goon Squad, barged into homes in the middle of the night, accusing people inside of dealing drugs. Then they handcuffed or held them at gunpoint and tortured them into confessing or providing information, according to dozens of people who say they endured or witnessed the assaults. They described violence that sometimes went on for hours and seemed intended to strike terror into the deputies’ targets. In the pursuit of drug arrests, deputies of the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department shocked Robert Jones with a Taser in 2018 while he lay submerged in a flooded ditch, then rammed a stick down his throat until he vomited blood, he said. During a raid the same year, deputies choked Mitchell Hobson with a lamp cord and waterboarded him to simulate drowning, he said, then beat him until the walls were spattered with his blood. That raid took place at the home of Rick Loveday, a sheriff’s deputy in a neighboring county, who said he was dragged half-naked from his bed at gunpoint, before deputies jabbed a flashlight threateningly at his buttocks and then pummeled him relentlessly. The string of violence might have continued unchecked if not for one near-fatal raid in January.... Reporters examined hundreds of pages of court records and sheriff’s office reports and interviewed more than 50 people who say they witnessed or experienced torture at the hands of the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department. What emerged was a pattern of violence that was neither confined to a small group of deputies nor hidden from department leaders. Many of those who said they experienced violence filed lawsuits or formal complaints, detailing their encounters with the department. A few said they had contacted Sheriff Bailey directly, only to be ignored. The Times and Mississippi Today identified 20 deputies who were present at one or more of the incidents — many assigned to narcotics or the night-shift patrol. Read the rest of the article.
It is a certainty the Feds are investigating these cases and more. The only question will be when the federalis drop the hammer on the Rankin County Sheriff's Office. Will the feds indict the Sheriff? More deputies? Will the feds seek a consent decree? If so, what would the terms be?
Given the Biden Administration's proclivity to coordinate with the media behind the scenes on high-profile cases, it won't be a surprise to see something come down in the next few days.
94 comments:
"The Times and Mississippi Today identified 20 deputies who were present at one or more of the incidents —"
Just a few bad apples, my ass.
Taser logs.
Did they think no one would check?
"The taser logs indicate your taser was used six times during the same time period you reported you were at this scene with the RCSD arresting this individual. Can you please show me on the report you filed where you reported using your taser? "
"The taser logs I just showed you also showed that two other RCSD tasers were used during the period you and your fellow RCSD officers were arresting these individuals. Did your report include anything about those taser deployments?"
The most notable thing to me was LLoyd Jones going by Goon. The story doesn't say that he was shot in his front yard when he was Simpson County Sherriff. This certainly all sounds like some Simpson County trash.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8uw4ng7QxI
go to 1:15 in video. Bryan was only doing what his boss did himself.
go to 4:12 in video to see a guilty man explain away his actions. Just like his baby boy Bryan.
One of my favorite reporting pieces in a very long time.
From the story:
"After several studies linking prolonged Taser exposure to severe medical problems and even death, the Police Executive Research Forum developed national guidelines advising against shocking a person for more than 15 seconds during an encounter.
The logs contain dozens of instances of Tasers being fired for at least double the recommended time limit over the course of an hour. In April 2016, a device assigned to a deputy who participated in Goon Squad raids was triggered nine times in four minutes, delivering 31 seconds of current.
Several experts in police use of force said the logs showed abnormal Taser use that was hard to explain. Seth Stoughton, from the University of South Carolina, said the frequency of the deputies’ Taser triggers suggested they were not using the weapons for their intended purpose: to quickly subdue a combative person."
On the other hand, some people probably think the excessive taser use might be all too easy to explain.
True, every word of it. If it’d been God writing Scripture, well, yeah, I’d be skeptical. But this, this is Jerry Mitchell and The New York Times
This is so much worse than the original reports, which were already bad. How can the governor not demand the sheriff's resignation?
Can Bailey serve as Sheriff from behind bars?
Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement.
Deputies of this department are sworn to protect and serve the public and uphold all federal and state laws. We have approximately 230 men and women with this department who report to work every day and perform their duties in accordance with department standards. Based on today’s arrests, five former deputies violated all such standards, their training, and my expectations of them. The badge worn by so many has been tarnished by the criminal acts of these few individuals.
Based on the facts in their guilty pleas, all former deputies lied to me the night of the incident. We have cooperated fully with all outside investigative agencies to uncover the truth and bring justice to the victims. We have also sought assistance from outside agencies and consultants to help us with repairing the trust within our community.
I truly have tried my best to make the Rankin County Sheriff's Office one of the top departments in Mississippi. This incident and the crimes of these individuals has been devastating not only to the victims but also to the sheriff’s office and the hundreds of men and women that work here. Ultimately, I believe we all want a safe place to live and raise our family. We all also want to have faith and trust in those who wear the sheriff’s badge. You have my sincere promise that I along with every employee at the sheriff's office will work nonstop to obtain these goals.
http://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/2023/08/sheriff-bailey-speaks-up.html
Rankin Countians sleep soundly knowing that rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. Deep down inside, we all realize we need them on that wall, we want them on that wall. Unfortunately we will have to pay a bunch of miscreants, thugs and even worse, lawyers.
Room temp IQ redneck deputy goons that likely watched way too many movies and a sheriff that should have resigned or been forced out by now combined with a leftist propaganda media full of rich white Democrats that care nothing at all about the plight of poor people, except when they can use them to win elections - will stain the image and set back the state of Mississippi for decades.
Don’t expect to see Jerry Mitchell, the New York Times or any of their rich white Democrat friends writing about the poor, young black children that have been murdered in cold blood or killed with stray bullets in Democrat controlled Jackson MS – because they do not care. Political gain is the only reason they “appear” to be concerned about these grotesque civil liberties violations committed by goons that hopefully in prison will reap what their sorry asses have sown for doing what they did to their victim’s and to the image of the state of Mississippi.
So the New York time comes to Mississippi and you all are surprised they're not bragging about the Muscadine festival or Cruisan' the Coast?
Sounds pretty simple to me: Don't do drugs. Hmmm where have we heard that before?
Sheriff Bailey won't resign. He's got car and mortgage payments to make!
"Told that several high-ranking deputies were involved in arrests that had sparked accusations of brutal treatment, he said, “I have 240 employees, there’s no way I can be with them each and every day.”"
Don't worry about having to make difficult choices mr sheriff, in the near future the feds will probably decide which employees you will be with, each and every day, you all will probably be joining the first six in a federal penitentary.
This has destroyed the image of Rankin county nationwide. It will always be remembered throughout history as one of Mississippi’s most raciest places. Philadelphia, MS still carries their scar. The NYT! The nation knows.
@2:43 There is a document called the constitution. You can't beat people and threaten to shoot them while you arrest them. Bailey knew all about this and let it go on.
I see the roaches finally crawled out of the cracks in the wall. The truth is that Mississippi Today is the only news outlet in Mississippi engaged in actual journalism.
young black children that have been murdered in cold blood or killed with stray bullets in Democrat controlled Jackson MS –
Tell me compared to the number of abusive and corrupt cops in Rankin only, how many children are we talking about here.?
Bye Bryan, and take IDR with you.
Im glad the writer acknowledged the fact that RCSO has targeted all races in the past. Growing up as a teenager in 39047, the SOs would follow us around and try to search our vehicles. Multiple people I know personally were violated. For what? They would pressure you to let them look in the vehicle, then claim they found a cannabis seed or smell an odor. Next thing you know you are dropping your pants. Literally, detain you and order you to bend over and shine a flashlight in your butt. I hope that my kids never have to go through this. The boot lickers will rationalize things and say “they keep us safe” or “they only go after criminals”. Well if you are an 18 year old standing on the side of the highway getting stripped down because you were riding passenger in a truck that gets stopped and they claim the have some sort of suspicion, you will never forget it. This trauma affects you for a very long time. The cops that do this stuff don’t respect our constitution or their fellow citizens. It’s all about making some big bust so they can be a hero around the office. It’s about a bunch of little men, that have a thirst for power and dominance. You don’t have to violate people to be a good officer. These people are way worse then any non violent drug user that may just need some treatment. This went on for years and years, the big scandal was a matter of time.
Too much power in the hands of too small a man.
"Taser logs indicate that two of the nine deputies involved that night, James Rayborn and Cody Grogan, together triggered their Tasers at least 15 times during the two-and-a-half-hour raid."
Ummm, 15 times shooting taser guns during a 2.5 hour raid on a house. MY GOD
"Seven people told reporters they had mailed letters, filed formal complaints or called the sheriff personally to tell him about the abuse they experienced." That liar Sheriff cannot say he did not know about the excessive force tactics his deputies used. GOD HAVE MERCY ON YOUR SOUL
It's not roaches in the wall cracks, it is a ROACH MOTEL!
Lloyd Jones! No surprise that he's at the root of this. Maybe the worst human being in Mississippi history. The fates went out of their way to make sure that he would be murdered by a Black jail trustee who had been ordered out to mow Jones' yard. Possibly quid pro quo for the killing of two JSU students in 1970 after some campus protests. Jones was there along with many other LEOs. Word went around afterwards that Jones was the trigger man for at least one death.
@2:58
The Goon Squad story was international when it broke. I mentioned here at the time that I saw it on TV in a hotel lounge while I was in Greece.
There needs to be an organized effort to recall the sheriff and move forward. There is a chance that the county may become uninsurable because of Bailey. The county has suffered long enough and the citizens shouldn’t have to pay the price. Then there is the lawsuit. The faster he is gone, the sooner we can heal. We want a safe county, but we want our citizens treated with respect.
230 employees in a county sheriff's department? That's outrageous too!
I hate to delight in Bryan Bailey’s misfortune but he used his power to vengefully abuse my family and he deserves everything he gets!
I hate to delight in Rankin taxpayers having to pay for his misdeeds, but you voted for him and am very much looking forward to the windfall from our civil suit!
Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You?
They have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for these people and you curse the police. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what they know, that event that happened to these drug heads, while tragic, probably saved lives. And the police existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives!
You don't want the truth, because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want the police on that wall. You need them on that wall. We use words like "honor", "code", "loyalty". We use these words as the backbone of a life spent protecting people like you. You use them as a punchline.
I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that they provide, and then questions the manner in which they provide it! I would rather you just said "thank you", and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up an application to the police academy, and stand a post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think criminals are entitled to!
Bill Dees wins the most hilarious JJ post ever award.
3:10 PM, do your own DD; here’s some search hints for ya:
Kingtson Frazier the six-year-old was still in the back seat — where he’d been shot to death.
WLBT3 ‘We’re being known as the child-killing capital’: 2nd child killed in Jackson in 10 days.
When your done with your searches let us know much of a F Jerry Mitchel, the New York Times and their rich Democrat friends (especially the ones that won’t even live in the cities their party control) gives about these dead black children.
And they don’t care because these dead children were black, killed by blacks, in Democrat controlled cities.
@2:32 PM is right on!
Samuel L. Jackson said it best in SWAT
"Sometimes doing the right thing, aint doing the right thing"
Niknarians, this is not going away until Bailey is gone.
G.
After reading the full article, I can't say that I have much sympathy for the victims, except the guy who was shot in the mouth.
And I have no sympathy for the officers involved, who are now going to prison.
I can't help wondering, is this what's really required to keep these drug-heads from breaking into my car or house? Is it possible for the criminal justice system to just enforce the laws already on the books, without the gaping holes that come with trying to play social worker/caretaker for criminal defendants?
As to the "non violent drug user" distinction, burglarizing a place where someone lives is, by definition, a "crime of violence" under Mississippi law.
This case has RICO written all over it. The sheriff operated his office as a street gang. Sheriff Bailey better hope the people he treated so badly won’t return the favor when he’s sharing a cell with them. I bet the sheriff won’t stick around to find out. He seems like he would take the easy way out rather than acknowledge his evils.
One heroic Deputy I know personally, who is a celebrated, successful K9 specialist with monster drug busts in his resume, says he never knew about goon squad until it was busted and in the news.
As parents, you want nothing more than to see your son or daughter succeed in life. They’re finally out on their own, and you pray they do something great. Trusting them, encouraging them and being there as a cheerleader makes all the difference in their success.
Then. They make it to their dream, their life, their fulfilling career. ONLY to see the person they believed in, the person they trusted with their career choice, turn something great into something to become not-so-proud of.
I sit here worried yet hoping that my son realizes how great he is, how much above all of this he is, how HE encourages ME every day with his mindset and positive attitude through all of this. Knowing that he made all the right choices in his career.
He is one of the few good ones left in that county to stand tall and be proud of his career choice and know that the ones who are guilty will soon face their end, their demise.
If you are in law enforcement and are one of the good ones, you know who and what I am speaking of. You know the pain, the anger, the frustration. You also know the difference between right and wrong or you would not be reading this.
Thank you to the REAL Officers at work and for being true to yourself and your uniform.
May God bless you and keep YOU safe always.
From an angry mom to the RCSO individuals (I dare not call you officers of the law) who chose to do these things….I hope you rot in hell.
I think the BOS needs to get off their ass and make a statement condemning this buffoon ! I’m no political expert but I think I would do something other than just give this ass a raise ! Voters remember!
As a defense attorney I have brought dozens of allegations of abuse, planted drugs, etc etc to various ADA’s handling the cases brought by these members of the “Goon Squad”… All of my complaints fell
on deaf ears much like the complaints made to Bailey himself. I was dismissed, ignored and sometimes threatened with “no plea offer then, we can let a jury decide if they believe your client or the deputy”…. Knowing damn well a Rankin jury will
believe a “decorated” officer over a defendant 99.9999% of the time which would result in significant prison time.
So my question is: If Bailey is either incompetent or complicit because he either didn’t know what was going on or he knew and didn’t stop it what about the ADA’s? ADA Joey Mayes 100% has known of allegations yet continued to hand out some of the harshest plea offers in the state despite knowing that it was a “no win” situation for defendants whose testimony would be weighed by Rankin Jurors and sentenced by the likes of Chapman, Emfinger, Arthur, Richardson all of whom are known as extremely prosecution sided judges.
Now we know why they were named the goon squad, in honor of their great leader’s mentor. Keep digging, this isn’t even 1 percent of the evil Asshole Bailey has been involved with.
Considering how "well" they portrayed the Water Crisis I'll continue to view them with extreme skepticism.
Tate, you need to act now and remove this embarrassment before his stink sticks to you. You have enough evidence now to start your proceedings. No better time than the present to announce you have started the legal process to remove him from office. Stop playing politics and do what is right!
Didn't approve comment because at the end you wrote something that is not true. Take it out and it goes up, even though it was critical of me. ;-).
I feel sick. Just absolutely disgusting.
I hope each one of the low IQ bumpkin idiots gets everything they deserve.
And I hope Bailey rots in jail.
Rankin residents want Bailey gone now Tate.
Do something. We are not going to shut up.
Time to flood Tates phone lines w demands he take this fool out. It's time Tate and you know it.
Typical right wing sympathizers, Clean up Rankin and the other redneck counties in Missippi . Frazier’s killer is in Jail , you said 2 others right , as many as 20 LEO have been identified as making or participating in questionable arrest . Defending criminals is becoming a habit for you guys.
All you crying heart liberals on here wanting change. You will get change. It will be that there will not be a distinction between the Hood streets of Jackghanistan and Pearl/Brandon. You will be crying for somebody to do something when the dopeheads and gangs have trashed Rankin county and your precious property is worth but measly pennies. The school system will go to crap just like Jackghanistans has. Did they do wrong, absolutely, but hoodlum drug dealers and users are a blight on society. But keep saying that these hoodlums "Were good kids" and keep believing in your utopia where no-one is the responsible party, and its always someone else is the bad guy.
And of course Kim Wade was on the radio this afternoon defending these swine. To be honest, I was not surprised.
Pretty sure there are very few objections from the families who have lost members to drug use and victims of drug related crime.
I don't care if John Q meth head or, some cartel seller gets his ass beat up. I'll take the shortage of dope heads over a few jacked up deputies.
Now accessing the girlfriends phone records is another matter.
Once the RCSO is toothless, expect it to become a reservation of carnage just like Jackson. Time to sell your houses and get out while you still can! I’m already looking at properties up Hwy 25 in Scott and Leake counties. Thank you based Elon Musk for blessing Mississippi with Starlink!
Rankin County is lost. I’m moving to Jackson.
5:20 PM’s quote: “Defending criminals is becoming a habit for you” is 100% incorrect.
@ 2:32 PM’s quote: “these grotesque civil liberties violations committed by goons that hopefully in prison will reap what their sorry asses have sown” proves there is absolutely no defending criminals here.
Just making sure the readers understand that Jerry Mitchell, the New York Times and all of the other rich white Democrats only care about these low IQ goons because its politically advantageous for them to do so – and the reason they don’t care about the dead black children murdered in their Democrat controlled cities – is because it IS NOT politically advantageous for them to do so.
In other words, this is not a moral issue for Jerry Mitchell and the New York Times. And the fact that any leftist Democrat would even bring up “Defending criminals is becoming a habit for you” is literally a textbook example of absolute hypocrisy.
I'm wondering if these officers would do this type of stuff for free (and six did plead to 'let's make a deal' guilty pleas), then what kinds of illegal and immoral stuff would they do for money?
This is Nate Rosenfield, one of the reporters who wrote the story. It’s been great seeing all of your thoughts on the story. If anyone has anything they’d like to share you can reach me at Nathaniel.rosenfield@gmail.com
As much as Bailey needs to go, some of the remedies suggested in the comments aren't available under Mississippi law. The governor (or anyone, for that matter) cannot remove an elected sheriff, and Mississippi has no recall process. The only way -- short of resignation -- is a felony conviction.
"Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You?
They have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for these people and you curse the police. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what they know, that event that happened to these drug heads, while tragic, probably saved lives. And the police existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives!
You don't want the truth, because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want the police on that wall. You need them on that wall. We use words like "honor", "code", "loyalty". We use these words as the backbone of a life spent protecting people like you. You use them as a punchline.
I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that they provide, and then questions the manner in which they provide it! I would rather you just said "thank you", and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up an application to the police academy, and stand a post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think criminals are entitled to!"
The above is either a troll or the ravings of a lunatic. Either way, this is about Rankin County, MS, not a SEAL team stalking Al Qaeda and Bin Laden in the caves of Tora Bora or actual men storming Utah and climbing at Omaha, and the victims of these disgraces to the uniform were fellow citizens who in at least some cases were factually innocent and in others were guilty of relatively minor non-violent mala prohibita crimes. Oh, and by the way, "son," I've seen war up close and I'll bet large that you and these "goons" would shit your tactical BDUs full if forced to be in the same country as actual combat. You and these goons can take your ignominious fantasies about a wall and use actual rough-sawn studs to pound them straight up your asses. At least that way maybe you sorry motherfuckers will have something resembling a backbone.
TO all you self-appointed constitution-writers (2:23pm. 4:32pm, 454pm, and 5:02pm --- that evidently think the Governor is a king, please cite the statutory authority that provides a Governor has the ability to remove an office-holder.
Take your time to research the code and the constitution. I'll wait.
OH, but there is even bigger news coming and i promise yall will lose your minds once it breaks. I dont know who will break it first but im betting KF will. Brian Bailey is toast.
Where was "Mississippi's Newspaper" before, during, and after this scandal broke? Same goes for that legend in her own mind, Donner. Don't complain then when a bunch of Yankees have to do our dirty work for us.
@3:49. Good job editing. Thanks.
@1:56 where you getting all these names to blame? Did I miss something?
As a long time resident of Rankin County I’m embarrassed by these events and the cover up by the Sheriff and the department. I’m also embarrassed by some of the comments that the perpetrators were “keeping our county safe”. BS I am completely supportive of any LEO doing what is necessary to protect themselves when dealing with a violent individual but their actions were reminiscent of the Nazis in WWII. The Sheriff illegally wire taping his married girl friend doesn’t exactly show leadership so his excuse that he didn’t know what was going on doesn’t hold up.
Rankin and Simpson are not the only counties that need to be investigated. Jerry Mitchell and the New York Times should look into what goes on in some of the other rural counties near Jackson such as Carroll, Montgomery, Grenada, Webster and some others. The largest strip club in the state was until recent years in Carroll County at Vaiden. Owner Blake Owens had an VIP section that took care of the wealthy and elite who came from all over the state. There are a lot of stories out there that have not been told about "law and order" in Mississippi.
From another MS Today article (Nov 21) that seems to have fallen between the cracks:
“ Two state officials confirmed to Mississippi Today that state and federal authorities are examining what role, if any, Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey played in the August acquittal of former Capitol Police officer Steven Frederick for DUI.”
Any attempt to ignore this deplorable situation because you don’t like the NYT or to rationalize it’s worse in Hinds County is missing the point. It happened. If you cannot see the travesty, so be it. But never rationalize it.
RMQ
Oh great, now you clowns have done it. The NYT is now watching us. ;-)
Haha some of you are trying to justify the behavior of these thugs ! Wait until it’s you or your child ! As much as folks are trying to interject race into their actions, these thugs didn’t see race, they just saw power over anyone in their path!
@3:49 PM - Well played.
Neshoba County 2.0, modern day. Mississippi has come so far putting its ugly past behind us. As a resident of Rankin County, this is truly unacceptable. Little bailey has now taken our state back to the terrible times of the late 60s and is a HUGE liability not only for the state but for the county. Yes, his days are numbered. Let’s just hope,his lack of leadership and cover ups will be rewarded by a lengthy stint in prison. Like others, have suggested, his cowardly actions suggest he will take the easiest way out… I agree.
5:45, I was an officer with 25 years experience. I spent a large part of that career in units focused on drug enforcement and gang crimes. We accomplished a great deal of results without making ourselves criminals. I am speaking of the Jackson metro area but not the Jackson you see today. The crime problem in Jackson is not due to the tactics of officers over the last 25 years. It’s because of the the elected leaders, thier policies, and the people they place in positions of power. If you believe officers have to torture and violate the rights of drug dealers or other criminals to make Rankin county safe then you are ignorant. It can be done within the limit of constitutional law, but it takes a leader who understands the constitution. It takes a leader who puts the needs of the people in Rankin county over his own selfish desires. I see these posts about men on a wall. You watch too many movies or you think to highly of yourself. Law enforcement is an extremely hard profession but the primary objective is simple. Honor your oath.
9:13, Please explain the meaning of “RMQ.” Thanks
NYT & Jerry Mitchell as a Christian we see and recognize these same actions throughout all 50 states, whether reported or not. We saw it in the looting and burning od cities during BLM protest. We saw it yesterday when two officers were run over in another state and killed rendering aid to a sleeping motorist. There good and bad people in all walks of life no matter what. This is our encouragement that if you know something to say something & to pray without ceasing as God tells us. KF we thank you for. Reporting the truth as you can’t make this up but just report the facts. I encourage the NYT to report on the travesty of Allison Conaway’s death & her son as that too happens too often across our land. For those MADD members seeing a blind eye turned everyday to this crime again if you see something, say something. Saving a life is never a waste of time IMO. Never again should Ms. White be given an opportunity to get behind the wheel of a drivers seat either. There is not enough LEO’s anywhere to stop this if family members don’t step up and address this such as reporting to have license revoked.
I get that there is def some corruption and things need to change but please don’t buy into all the NYT and media BS (ie hunter Biden laptop). They don’t always tell the truth either. Several things don’t make sense of the stories. Lovelady just having his female friends and their three boyfriends over for a sleepover to watch tv??? No investigation from his sheriffs department he works at? Weird….. The old white man that has a young black man not related living with him that keeps his cake icing in a safe so guests with a sweet tooth don’t eat it….. What????? I again agree these are thug cops that crossed the line and will be punished, but they are also dealing with thug criminals that are poisoning our children and county! Just remember there’s not a lot of good innocent people fleeing Rankin County!
6:42
Here is two - Miss. Code § 19-25-9 and Miss. Code § 25-5-7. Demand for removal but that’s just me .
In 1988 Hattiesburg PD pulled me over for speeding, gave me no choice while they illegally searched my vehicle. Chief laughed me out of his office when I tried to file a complaint.
5 years ago, black female jpd cop stopped me for speeding? No, failing to yield? No. Reckless driving, that was her excuse at the time, 4 years later at trial she said it was multiple reasons, when in reality it was because I was white driving a fancy car, her admission. Case thrown out.
Bad apples everywhere.
"Anonymous Anonymous said...
Haha some of you are trying to justify the behavior of these thugs ! Wait until it’s you or your child ! As much as folks are trying to interject race into their actions, these thugs didn’t see race, they just saw power over anyone in their path!
November 30, 2023 at 10:14 PM"
They are targeting kids (and adults) who are druggies, thugs and criminals. 95% of the kids of law abiding citizens aren't, so I'm no way concerned about my kid's being targeted by LE. In fact our kids are much safer by RCSO keeping thugs off the street, scared and out of the county.
Can we end the war on drugs now?
@10:13 PM
It won’t be me or my child because like the majority of Rankin citizens, we aren’t criminals and we never have negative encounters with law enforcement. It’s really very simple. Look at the “victim” pictures in the NYT and note how they all look like bums and drug addicts.
Just a reminder you don't hate journalists enough.
Bryan Bailey should resign. When is Dean Scott, Pearl Police Chief, gonna be investigated ? He was with RCSO for a few years during this corruption. Does anyone ever notice he doesn't do interviews ? Jake Windham does. Oh yeah, Jerry Mitchell lives in Rankin county, or at least he did a few years ago. As a long tome Rankin county resident, I am embarrassed and disappointed at all of this. But I will say I did not vote for Bailey as I did a write in.
Mississippi Code
Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records
Chapter 5 - Removals From Office
§ 25-5-7. Demand for removal
Universal Citation: MS Code § 25-5-7
Before the Governor shall consider the removal from a county office of any elective county officer, there shall be first filed with him a petition signed by not less than thirty percent (30%) of the qualified electors of said county demanding the removal of said officer. Such petition shall contain a general statement, in not more than two hundred (200) words, of the ground or grounds on which such removal is demanded, which statement shall be for the information of the officer involved, for the information of the council hereinafter provided, and for the information of the qualified electors of the county.
All removal petitions with reference to only supervisors, justice court judges and constables must be signed by at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the qualified electors of the beat or district from which they were originally elected.
Upon the request of any qualified elector, it shall be the duty of the county and district prosecuting attorney to advise such person as to the provisions of Sections 25-5-3 through 25-5-37 and how to comply with the same.
And yet there are still many of you, you are against drugs and don’t “use drugs” but have your little toke out back by the grill before The Game comes on (just being sociable), and you want it all legalized, hey, let’s get it out in the open, let’s tax it and, hey, let The Government make big bucks with it and lower my taxes.
Murkins have a drug problem. Until Murkins get casual drugs under control, RCSO-like scenarios are going to crop up all over. But till then, keep tokin’ with your besties out back.
4:21pm hit the nail on the head. Why is no one talking about the judges and DA's/ADA's that were in position through all of this? No way they didn't know or suspect and they all turned a blind eye and let it continue. Hopefully Bailey will keep holding on until the investigation goes everywhere it needs to go.
6:59&7:22 are so Naive, I bet they forget to check the recurring contribution boxes on their political contributions!
@6:43
You can put yourself up on a pedestal. I have no problem with that. You feel entitled to act a badass. That's fine. If you want to live in a trash ass county with methheads running rampant, feel free. Shit all you need to do is move to Jackson. It appears that you are the baddest man in Mississippi, so you could clean up Jackson. You stay offended now. Ya hear?
6:14 may have it covered in those statutes @6:42. I don't have time to look it up but I know of the statute where the governor can remove the sheriff for not keeping the courthouse in an orderly fashion and keeping it clean. LOL.
7:22 am Dec.1st
Please think before writing. You have Rankin County tags and/or are known to be a member of the community. You may have stickers on your car that also "give you a hall pass".
My experience with Rankin law enforcement as a white, upper class female is to bring them evidence of my stolen cell phone location ( thanks ATT). I go to the location with the officer. The door is opened and the resident greets the officer by name. He says he doesn't have my phone. I say,_" I have proof it's inside somewhere, go look". I describe it assuming by the resident's "attire" and tats that he may have more than 1 stolen phone. The officer says, "There's nothing I can do". I say" Here's the number, let's see if we hear the distinctive ring" which I hum (it was my out of state university's fight song). That will give you "probable cause" for a search. He refuses to call. He drives me back to the station.
He tells me to "get out of his vehicle" in the parking lot ( not even near to my car).
Thankfully, ATT was great in immediately deleting the phone's access the minute I got back home. They were appalled as they had helped others with stolen phones. In short order on the internet, I easily found that the "resident" was a known pick pocket with a long criminal history.
This was several years ago.
The reputation of Rankin County as corruption as " the Gold Coast" lives on!
On the other hand, Jackson police have been professional when responding to car accidents and church needs and to dealing with private school teens' "parties" getting out of control. The crime y'all harp on is seldom on my side of the I-55 until you cross into Rankin. And in Rankin, I did hear gunshots while coming back from a business over there. It was at a food mart/gas station and somehow never made the news.
A fish rots from the head down.
Sheriff Bailey either knew or should have known, and he needs to lose his job.
Unknown said:
"Small men in small positions of small power lording it over those they believe to be beneath them."
Could be said with regard to RCSO.
On a slightly different note:
Stockbroker #1:
[peering over the edge of the balcony] I think Alan Swann is beneath us!
Stockbroker #2:
Of course he's beneath us. He's an actor!
Benjamin, Richard, My Favorite Year (1982), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Mr. Rosenfield was nice enough to come here and post his email address. He was very respectful so treat him with the same respect. His comment doesn't give you an excuse to just start trashing the NYT just for the hell of it. I remember when a copy editor made the mistake of posting a comment on the JFP website and you know who started throwing at her every sin, real or imagined, the CL committed.
The reporter gave you his email address. Feel free to email him your gripes about the times. I'm not approving the comments that are posted just to bash him and his paper.
Yeah, I think the article was well-researched and the facts are compelling. Take a look at the Scribd document KF posted--if you can stomach it. I appreciate the reporting, NYT or not.
The New York Times and Jerry Mitchell should be commended for helping those Rankin County residents who are apparently the Goon Squad's bootlickers and apparently can't or won't help themselves by doing the right thing.
You can lead a donkey to water but you can't make them do the right thing, that's why we have courts and prisons.
NYT and Jerry, now do the MS Highway patrol.
Sheriff Bailey recently said, let’s put this behind us. Not exact quote. I pray these 6 officers actions are never put behind us! This is as bad as the three Civil Rights workers killed in Philadelphia MS, as bad as black hangings. We as citizens of Rankin Co. are left worrying which other deputies were involved in such”missions”, which other deputies carry drugs or guns to plant on people. Every past arrest made by these deputies are now suspect. I get very anxious now when I see a Rankin County Sheriff vehicle. I really hope, for all our safety and future security, the DOJ investigates the Rankin Co. Sheriff’s Department from top to bottom, fixes this, as is their duty. You notice, most of these comments are anonymous, and for very good reason, real fear of retaliation.
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