The New York Times and Jerry Mitchell published a blockbuster story yesterday reporting 20 years of abuse by the narc unit in the Rankin County Sheriff's Office. However, a document that appears to be an internal memo from the Times or Mississippi Today floated around town for a few days prior to the story's publication. The 27-page memo states each case reported in the story as well as the supporting evidence. The memo is posted below.
Each "report" included a list of deputies who were present at the alleged incident. However, not all deputies listed were reported as taking any action so the lists were redacted in an abundance of caution.
Kingfish note: One word says it all: Disgusting.
78 comments:
Have we become so de-sensitized to violence that this behavior goes unchecked? I know we are all busy with our lives and depend upon the justice system to handle these issues, but I am surprised there is not a public outcry. I am speaking mostly to Rankin Countians.
Pastors, business men and women, politicians, civic leaders, your silence is telling.
RMQ
Speechless. Utterly disgusting. May they rot in prison.
And these are just the ones that they have found so far. It makes me wonder how many people have been sent to prison for the crime of attacking a deputy's fist or boot with their face or genitals. I think that it should call into question every single use of force, taser deployment, and arrest by every member of the RSCO. Every single complaint against the RSCO that has been filed in the last 20 years should be reviewed from the perspective that the LEOs were lying.
The thin blue line of these vanguards is the reason Rankin doesn’t have a Kingston Frazier every week. It’s the rankin Rankin isn’t the child murder Capitol USA like a Jackson.
Suggests strongly that the department's "culture problem" extends well beyond just 5 rogue deputies. Hoping the department can avoid federal receivership. That would suck.
One wonders whether the sheriff sees the handwriting on the wall?
Just the tip of the iceberg. What are you going to do about it Lynn Fitch?
IF these stories as written here are true, then the RCSO needs to be totally turned over. No way that this was not common knowledge in the department. This type of lawless behavior should not be tolerated in a civil society. My suggestion is to fire everyone, burn the files, and salt the earth that they trod.
Y’all liberals just want every place to be as bad as your liberal urban shitholes. We don’t want that. I will take the Good Squad over the crips and bloods any day!
No way Bailey wasn't aware of any of this
Bailey, get your affairs in order.
The Sheriff had to know and most likely condoned the actions of the deputies. I agree with @10:40, there should be an outcry from elected and community leaders for the Sheriff’s resignation, but that doesn’t appear likely to happen. Hopefully those who are investigating can bring charges against the Sheriff.
Guess them boys are hoping they don't get assigned to Parchman duty.
Everyone in that department who turned a blind eye is complicit, and I suspect most all of them knew.
You have to fight fire with fire.... just sayin'.
Brian Bailey is a damn shame. The bigger shame is all the damn bootlickers in Rankin that are happy this stuff has been going on. What a disgrace.
I'm a die hard supporter for our military and law enforcement but this behavior makes me sick. These repeat offenders need to be held accountable to the furthest extent of the law. I don't think they'll have any fun in prison without their badges, maglights, tazers, and guns. Their steroid induced masculinity will also melt away just like old Todd Mardis did. Watch your 6 boys cause they'll be coming.
The comments on here supporting the goon squad are sickening. And the comparison to Jackson is just as sickening. Do you think the good people of Rankin County would suddenly start killing each other except for the actions of the good squad? You don’t think highly of your neighbors. This is no different than the idiots in white sheets roaming the countryside a hundred years ago.
The BOS, county attorney, and the other weak and corrupt power brokers in Rankin cannot see the tsunami coming. We are not only shocked and disappointed, but very angry and determined. And that's from a churchgoing conservative and veteran and LE veteran. There has been such a Potemkin village gaze on this that it is hard to stomach. And, BOS, YES, you have neglected your duty and have doubled down on that. Too busy gunning to open liquor stores or cut deals with developers? What a surprise.
It's one thing to ignore an incident. It's another to have a pattern of ignoring and covering up multiple incidents. But this level of Soviet style malfeasance and torture and willful ignorance and inaction is beyond belief.
Bryan should have long, long ago resigned, especially before election. And the BOS has continued to stick their head in the sand. They could have taken action, but have refused to do so. And we, the voters and soft power owners and taxpayers, are about to take it on the chin. And there will be repercussions for inaction. God, you didn't even cut his salary or address the NEW liability costs and exposure. Basic governance.
WLBT wrote: "“The optics of using an outdated statement for these separate allegations involving other deputies don’t paint the county in the best light,” WLBT wrote in a reply to Slay. “At best, they make it look as if the county could care less about responding to this most recent information.” That is beyond generous from WLBT, which has its anchor residing in Rankin, and have been unusually patient with those in governance.
Because the BOS, attorneys, Bryan, and other brokers have kept giving us the middle finger for almost a year. And, payback is coming for that attitude.
THAT's what angers us the most. The abject FAILURE of Leadership, the inability to even meet to address this. The lack of crisis management skills. The political malfeasance. WILLFUL ignorance. And corruption.
Count the votes EVEN WHEN there was not even a write in candidate. Be MEN, and own this, not condone this. NOW.
Are you really taking NYT at face value? The same NYT who misreported the Jackson water crisis?
Conservative Rankin resident here who until recently backed the blue.
And I know there are still good cops out there, but apparently they don't live in Rankin County.
This is revolting and the people praising them would be the first to sue if the Goons came after a loved one or mistook them for a criminal and abused them.
Wrong is wrong and rules are required for society.
Cops don't get to break them because their job is hard anymore than I do at mine.
You know the federal Government is going to take over the Rankin County Sheriff Department. This NYT report is going to give the Feds the ammo to do it. Liberals use the Liberal Press as a feedback loop to get their way.
Agree with 11:45.
Many if not all of the RCSO deputies took an oath to support and defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. Everyone that has witnessed 4th amendment abuse whether it be breaking in a house after a “knock and talk” or “safety check” roadblocks they erect on Memorial Day and followed these orders from Bailey have dishonored themselves. They have a duty to not follow these orders and try to prevent the violation of the rights of the citizenry. Being silent is complicit approval. I suspect most of the department falls in this category and should be denounced. Americans are tired of public officials not respecting our rights.
No comments supportive of Sheriff Bailey and the RCSO allowed?
Absolute madness and mass hysteria!
These idiots, Bailey included, are about one step away from being a Mexican cartel.
I pray the victims receive the justice they deserve.
Sure does sound about like the old Gold Coast days. Just substitute booze for drugs, and there ya go. I wonder what they did with all the confiscated narcotics. Like the one Goon's mother who was a drug dealer. Prohibition was profitable then, and drugs are profitable now. Cartel.
Reading some of these comments from those who support the RCSO law breaking make a person wonder if Rankin County needs to update the building codes.
All toilet soil and waste draining pipes must be 6" minimum as some Rankin folks are proud they are really full of sh*t.
Way to go RCSO for validating outsider's perceptions of Mississippi. One step forward and two steps back.
Wow! That made the NYT / MT story look like a nice walk in the park by comparison.
What lovely family values they must be teaching those Dedmons at home.
@12:17
that dumbass is about to cost us rankin county taxpayers untold millions in addition to lowered property values. We (or at least I ) do not support this guy.
Mass hysteria my ass, did you actually read the article? Do you think these Pulitzer prize winners would publish this stuff with no evidence ?
You can mass hysteria yourself next year when you get that property tax bill from Caroline Gilbert in the mail and it has a 5 where a 2 use to be.
because THAT is where the rubber meets the road
This degenerate behavior is not acceptable to decent people. It reads like a B-movie script. It is not believable that others in the law enforcement community, as well as the judicial community, were not aware of these outrageous actions. Now that these deeds have come to light, will the citizens of Rankin be moved to sweep around their own back step, or will the federal authorities have to intervene?
Some of the comments answer the questions raised by the first post. There are plenty of people in Rankin County who are cool with the goon squad. They apparently believe it takes dirty cops to keep crime out of Rankin County. Never mind that Rankin County has crime and the goon squad are criminals. Personally I feel safer in Madison County than Rankin. Madison does ok on crime without a goon squad. Wonder why the goon squad pleaded guilty if what they were doing was ok?
Next election Sheriff Bailey can campaign on: save the goon squad, reelect Sheriff Bailey.
Sheriff Bailey won't resign. He has a mortgage and car payments to make. He's more loyal to his bank than to the citizens of rankin county.
Comments trying to politicize these criminals conduct are ridiculous. They were prosecuted by a Republican AG and plenty of Republicans have spoken out against it. Not everything is a political issue people.
Bryan Bailey is Michael Guest, Michael Guest is Bryan Bailey. Mirror image of each other.
11:59 -- Actually, it was Mississippi Today that originated this story, and the NYT simply it up.
We should give them even more money. Yeah, that will fix it.
Fund the police!
@12:45
A Pulitzer is not the best way to determine if they are being honest or not. See exhibit A below. I have seen enough big media slanting coverage, outright lying or omitting important details to not trust them at all. The number of people that claim abuse at the hands of police to get out of trouble or cash in on a lawsuit is very, very high. That said, what they have published on this story so far certainly looks damning for the RSCO.
https://www.nytco.com/company/prizes-awards/new-york-times-statement-about-1932-pulitzer-prize-awarded-to-walter-duranty/
1:05 So you're absolutely certain none of this goes on in Madison County? Really? How about maybe they just haven't been caught yet. Considered that?
I don't know if it goes on in MC or not, but the smug response that "we in Madison County are above that kind of activity here" is awfully rich.
1:08 PM "Not everything is a political issue people."
You froth at the mouth when it's the other side.
Come on people, it's a new day in Rankin Co. Sheriff Bailey has provided a 15 minute sensitivity training course to all deputies and hired an IA investigator, who has been trained by yet undisclosed remaining members of the Goon Squad.
Move along. Nothing to see here.
@1:20 well in fairness, Mississippi Today's reporting of the Jackson water crisis was terrible, dishonest, false, and incompetent.
Is it safe to assume that the Feds are taking a deep dive into the Rankin SO now? Was this info "leaked" for the news story, or is it just a matter of everyone is looking now that a spotlight was placed upon them?
I'm guessing the violence rate in Rankin is so low because the RCSO does not report their crimes on the population..
funny how it's 'thugs' in Hinds and when the same stuff happens in Rankin, it's support..
I knew before I left the RCSO 10 years ago that this was going to happen. That’s why once I certified, I resigned, and moved on to a department run by the book.
Relocating to Rankin County may not be a good thing now, for business or residential.
Sheriff Bailey did a good job and got out in front of this by announcing the training and updated procedures. Looks like he is showing real leadership. This hit piece is missing the mark. God Bless the Sheriff and his deputies!
11:21 wrote: "You have to fight fire with fire.... just sayin'."
Actually, I'm pretty sure the best way to fight a fire is with water.
The taser log angle is really creative. I didn't even know the RCSO kept such a log. Could the reporters have stumbled upon such info, or do they have a source inside (or near) the RCSO pointing them in the right direction?
Either way, Sheriff Bailey can't be sleeping very peacefully these days.
I cannot even completely read this -- DISGUSTING! I hope those POSs get what they are due in prison!!! They don't deserve to have a cot to sleep on or even a dirty dish to eat out of. Makes me sick!!! HOW in the world do you do some of these things to others. And for Bailey!!! Give me a break .... he knows EXACTLY what was going on!
At one time all of Rankin County law enforcement was a "Goon Squad" at least for a certain segment of the population. Most places in Mississippi which were the same until the late 1970's have changed, but not Rankin County. They took their proximity to Jackson as excuse to keep the goons active. Now pay the price.
Gee, 2:48, I feel so much safer driving over to Rankin County to spend my tax dollars now knowing that Sheriff Bailey and all of his freaking 240 employees out roaming the streets are now properly trained and supervised. Fun!
The comments on here supporting the goon squad are sickening. And the comparison to Jackson is just as sickening. Do you think the good people of Rankin County would suddenly start killing each other except for the actions of the good squad? You don’t think highly of your neighbors. This is no different than the idiots in white sheets roaming the countryside a hundred years ago.
December 1, 2023 at 11:45 AM
Sir/Ma'am, HE/SHE, They/Them, doesn't matter what your pronouns are, you have just proved that you are a dumbass if you think that Rankin County is not fixing to turn into a drug infested shithole like Jackson. You keep sniffing those daisies, or some other psychedelic and live in your bubble. The only reason that Rankin isn't over run now is because of The Sheriffs office. Its funny how everyone of those victims were dealing or using dope. I have a constitutional right to live safe and not have to deal with lowlife dopers. Thats the real epidemic
Love the “no, everything is a political issue” because SOME things are political issues despite conservative Republicans speaking out against it in these comments. The woke and the anti-woke are opposite sides of the same stupid card. Warring clown show.
Rankin County not going to turn into a cesspool just because this napoleon (kingpin) gets tossed out! Come you pessimistic folks! There are still enough good folks and with new leadership and a rebuild of that department the crime will still be low. One thing to think about is the goons did all this and per the report the most dope they got off anyone was $400 plus dollars ??? Where did all the other drugs and money go ? So who are the real criminals??
2:10
No, the feds have been zeroing in on Bailey for awhile now. I and a lot of other posters are LEO (some are RCSD deputies) have federal contacts . They are knee deep on the boss.
Meanwhile, Kingfish is still having multiple orgasms over the fact that a big-time yankee media outlet has paid attention to this blog.
It's almost like getting a text message from Charles Kuralt.
At no point have I ever read the NYT. For that reason, I'll skip any "news report" that it puts out.
Why has the MS State Attorney General’s office not investigating this? Michael Guest failed to prosecute Bailey over illegal phone tapping, now he on an ethics committee, unbelievable. Sheriff Bailey was notified many times of his deputies misconduct, and did nothing, evidence keeps mounting. “Absolute power corrupts, absolutely,” I believe is the proper quote.The DOJ must move to investigate every aspect of this illegal corruption, and move to repair this broken Sheriff’s Department!
@3:55 It's good to know that members of the Goon Squad are reading JJ.
I don’t live in Rankin county, but I enjoy reading these B***S*** comments from the redneck residents of Rankin trying to protect their property values.
I guess if you want to live in a world with no constitutional protections, live in Rankin County.
We use the 2nd Amendment to protect our guns. Yet we ignore the Constitution here?
You are better than this, Rankin County.
@6:03 - clearly Rankin County is not better than this. That’s the problem.
"Actually, I'm pretty sure the best way to fight a fire is with water."
Sheesh, some commenters here revel in their own smug ignorance. The lack of knowledge or understanding about the very thing one is commenting on, yet commenting with certainty anyway, whether fire control, law enforcement, Constitutional law, common sense, or plain ol' human decency, is very appropriate (and telling) for these Rankin County posts and many of the commenters.
Water is one of the worst ways people who don't know what they are doing attempt to use to put out many fires. It will not only fail to put out certain common types of fires, like oil/grease fires, it will make things worse. A web search would probably turn up videos of idiots with flaming turkey/fish fryers and garden hoses, along with other such fuck-ups. No, I'm not fireman, never have been one, and I am no expert on fires, but damn, some of this stuff is just garden variety early-life-learning stuff.
@6:03
Your forfeit your constitutional rights when you commit felonies. Felons can’t own firearms or vote, and probably more rights I don’t know about because I don’t commit felonies. I’m not a criminal scumbag lowlife. I also don’t look like a meth addicted ghoul.
It's interesting that the Goon Squad plead to State & Federal charges so fast. It's also interesting that Bryan Bailey says he had No knowledge of this going on all these Years. Goon Squad patches being made & certainly circulated thru the SO and the Sheriff had no knowledge of this. The bruises, cuts, physical damage being booked into the Rankin County Jail & nobody see's a pattern to the abuse? Jail administrators, Jailers, not anybody. Seems we're just cracking the egg with the NYT's article. Some things don't vanish into thin air.Next thing - why doesn't the Rankin county BOS ask some questions of the Sheriff? How does this continue for so many Years and go un-noticed? when do we the Taxpayer get some answers? When does the Sheriff become responsible for Not Knowing----that's dam good Management.
The damn criminals didn't worry about my daughters constitutional rights. I am sick of the bleeding hearts. Screw the criminals. Sausage making is ugly but, we all eat it. There is a reason why we don't have to lock our doors. You FAFO in Rankin, you will pay. As long ap0s Brian Bailey is on the ballot, he will be re-elected. Most wont admit it but when they get to the voting machine, They will vote Bailey.
8:35, I'm sorry about your daughter.
Stuff happens everywhere, so choose your poison wisely, but in a lot of cases, these weren't even criminals. The deputies were the real criminals. And Rankin County is gonna pay for it, if they don't go bankrupt. https://mississippitoday.org/2023/08/30/rankin-county-goon-squad-could-cost-taxpayers-in-litigation/. But hey, it's the voters' choice.
Remember this JJ post? Will criminals still be hesitant to go into Rankin County?
http://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/2018/05/cant-come-to-rankin-county.html?m=1
8:06 Good find! The comments are great! “Get “em Pit Bull Bailey!” 🤣😂🤣😂
@8:06
There will be a new set of goons. They will be more careful and they won’t leave witnesses.
Feds need to take over all law enforcement in rankin county period
It’s unfortunate that @ 11:05 would prefer sexual assault over the racially laced group of gang members he/she identified. These “officers” are gang members that preyed on lower socioeconomic people in Rankin county. If they were “criminals” then proper procedures needed to bring them to justice, not a group of degenerates and perverts. Let’s be clear that this article focuses on Rankin county but exists outside of Rankin county.
"Stuff happens everywhere, so choose your poison wisely, but in a lot of cases, these weren't even criminals."
WRONG, these were all criminals, thugs, miscreants, etc.
Us law aiding citizens, who mind our own business, appreciate the RCSO keeping these hoodlums in check as much as possible. If you want thugs, chaos, crime and violence to rule, move to Hinds, there's plenty of places to live and properly is dirt cheap, you'll make a mint selling your Rankin County property.
I am not the writer from the NYT, but can I quote you? Everyone wants to know what you guys from Rankin county think.
I'm a Rankin County guy, and here's what I think: We either regulate ourselves, or, sooner or later, someone will do it for us. See, e.g., Brady v. Maryland.
No one can tell me that these torture victims couldn't have been arrested and prosecuted in Rankin County, and taken off the street legally. Even very small quantities of meth are still felonies, which are punishable by at least one year imprisonment. Some of them might have found meaningful recovery, then set about making amends to society and those they had harmed.
At the end of the day, the ends never justify the means.
We need law and order in America. People tend to forget that law enforcement keeps law abiding citizens from taking the law in their own hands. If we let criminals run the streets unchecked, don’t be concerned when said criminals get taken out by the citizens. What those cops did was wrong, as law abiding citizen I believe they should be prosecuted for those acts. In enforcing the law, feelings will be hurt. We tend to forget cops are human with biases and thoughts of their own. The best course of action is not to be a criminal to start with.
Got a question for those who defend the goon squad. Do you think dildoes should be a part of all law enforcements equipment? If so are the dildoes going to replace the bully club on the police belt?
The people of Rankin county needs to get rid of the rest of the goon squad including the HGIC. Before someone asks what HGIC stands for it is head goon in charge.
Bailey is a prime example of government largesse and greed run amok. The only thing he cares about is building his kingdom more and more. There are 240 employees reporting up to him. Many of them ride around the county in gas guzzling SUVs with Bryan’s name emblazoned in reflective paint. Many of these are his personal cronies that seek his favor by organizing themselves into goon squads that run roughshod over the common man. The US constitution is a mere hassle to Bailey. In his mind the citizens are only there to pay his bills. They are sources of income to feed his insatiable hunger for more power. Anyone that stands in the way of the almighty Bailey be damned. He is a vampire squid trying to get his tentacles wrapped around anything that will inject more of our hard earned money into his bank account.
other than the voters, does anyone else in gov have power to fire the sheriff? hard to fire an elected official than runs unoppossed
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