Friday, August 18, 2023

Sheriff Addresses Goon Squad

Lost in the shuffle here at JJ was Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey's August 3 press conference about the Goon Squad.   The press conference video is posted below, courtesy of WLBT. 


Emotional at times, Sheriff Bailey delivered a prepared statement before taking questions from the media. 

46 comments:

Anonymous said...

"They all lied to me. They have robbed me of MY reputation" No excuse. You knew walking into that crime scene something terrible had happened which probably happened dozens and dozens of times to other victims. You promoted bullies in rank, gave top cop awards to devil deadmon, let middleton create goon squad coins. You sir should be held accountable. You are a coward for acting as if you never knew about the stupid coins getting passed around and exactly what each of your deputies were doing.

Anonymous said...

So it’s not a resignation?

Anonymous said...

Guess they lied in the other cases as well and you sent them back to work after clearing them

Anonymous said...

He should resign immediately. Anything short of that corrodes the trust of the community plain and simple.

Anonymous said...

So when he never questioned how the bullet’s entry wound was inside a man’s mouth? Great police work.

Anonymous said...

Just remember, Be careful what you wish for. Most people wanting him to resign, don't live in Rankin County.

Anonymous said...

You knew walking into that crime scene something terrible had happened which probably happened dozens and dozens of times to other victims.

How do you know? Be specific.

Anonymous said...

Sheriff: I asked them what happened, they all had the same story, there's no way they could be lying .

What a crock.

Anonymous said...

At this point the only thing I care to hear from Bryan Bailey is his resignation.
Everything else is just another failed attempt to cover his own ass.
He failed the RCSO and the citizens of Rankin County!

Anonymous said...

The entire Rankin County Sheriff's Office is plagued with "dirty". But Bailey would have you think the only "dirty" in his department got caught and everything will be all good.
This is NOT to say ALL are "dirty", but a system is in place that either hides or covers up the "dirty" and allows the "dirty" to continue.
And there is reason to believe it goes deeper than the Sheriff's office.
These 5 or 6 did not decide one afternoon to act the way they did, it's been a style going on for awhile, and others were aware.

Several years ago, I drove a rather large service truck. I could hear a siren, but could not see the vehicle. So while taking the Pelehatchie exit, I was also moving over to the shoulder. The idiot deputy was trying to illegally pass on the shoulder and he nearly lost control. The moron then came around on my left WITH HIS SIREN BLASTING, pulled up to my door and starting screaming. So I set down on my air horns and screamed back.
Great display of a Rankin County Deputy.

Anonymous said...

This shouldn’t be about him anymore because he should’ve resigned already.

Anonymous said...

I am a Brandon/Rankin County resident, and I absolutely think that Bailey should resign. There's NO way on God's green earth that he didn't know what was going on with the Goons. He might not have known every single detail, but I have no doubt that he had general knowledge.

Anonymous said...

@10:05
I live in Flowood and he should resign.
Flowood PD are excellent.
It’s always been the Goon Squad in their “stealth deputy” Tahoes speeding around town without lights on that are dangerous!

Anonymous said...

Ignorantia non excusat.

Anonymous said...

Shut up and resign

Anonymous said...

Perhaps someone should mentioned to this Sheriff and any others who missed "the memo" that part of their JOB is to make sure they hire those who are both mentally and physically "fit" for duty and be certain they are all aware of the boundaries that cannot be crossed by law enforcement.

Why is this so damn hard? The Sheriff in my hometown learned his job and while he wasn't the smartest kid in our high school, he worked hard and understand that he NEEDED to learn how to be the BEST at any task he chose to do. He wasn't too egotistical to ask questions if he didn't know something.

Memo If you've never DONE the JOB, there is no WAY IN HELL you can do it well. GENIUS is KNOWING WHAT YOU DON"T KNOW and WHEN YOU NEED TO LEARN SO YOU WILL KNOW! That includes politicians!

NO ONE HAS TO BE IGNORANT! It's a choice! I knew someone born without the medulla part of their brain and they graduated from Hinds and held a job they did well until the day they died.

We need those of you who speak or write before you THINK or KNOW enough about the subject to just STOP this insanity! THAT is the GOON behavior...not stopping to think or get enough damn information! All like that ARE OUR PROBLEM!

Anonymous said...

If you run lights, it’s the LAW that you have to run sirens. But these douchebags believe that they are above the law.

What a bunch of uneducated rednecks.

Anonymous said...

What are the options for the citizens of Rankin County to remove this disgraceful politician since he won’t resign and he kept this quiet until it was too late for someone to run against him?

Anonymous said...

This is what happens with huge sprawl. Folks want "the country life," and shady developers looking to cash in go on land grabs decades earlier, then splurge in huge suburb and exurb "developments" when the 0% interest encourages sprawl, and the Sheriff's Offices wind up becoming "big city" departments in call numbers without big city checks and balances and resources. Folks want city services with county taxes and "acreage" and "the simple country life" at the same time.

As their coverage on increased calls expands faster than their ranks can adjust, intermediate supervisors arise from beyond their level of incompetence, and corners are cut. Over and over. Bubba says, "Mah taxes is too high" so salaries remain mediocre.

As so many have said, he hired morally weak muscle bound bullies to cut corners and "rein in" the crime and low lifes, and is now paying the price. Because either you're already an NFL success like Seals and Byrd and don't need the money, or you're a failed D1 or Belhaven player looking to keep hitting the gym at GubMint expense and can't cut it in the military or private sector.

Couple the growth of Rankin with holster sniffer media coverage and I Wanna Play Army hires, this is what you get. Roid heads playing Army in a really really bad B movie playing in their thick heads. Not all, but they are in charge. The dumbest guys in your unit should NEVER be in charge.

As the boyz said, "He's so dumb they have to tell him how to breathe." But, bet his bench is impressive. 5 or 6 times his IQ. That's the problem. Low IQ, low moral standards, substance abuse, and a BLM sticker on every car (blue, not black).

The good suffer from the goons. Sad. And costly.

Anonymous said...

The mistrial in Brookhaven is more negative news in the national press for Mississippi, Bailey needs to crawl under a rock .

Anonymous said...

11:34, I'm on your side, but, please. The authorities timed this exquisitely so that the incumbent stayed in a safe primary and election. Sort of like certain parties get prosecuted JUST in time to throw elections and their incumbent or favorite gets a Pass from the Feds. Our Federal Bureau of Election Interference is really good at this, for the Ds. And Law Enforcement officers are the Prosecutor's BFF. They'd never have let anything out in time to have a viable opposition candidate to Bailey. And, no, he's not resigning. Pride goeth before a fall. I like Bryan, but, he should have gone with this crew and offered up a standup guy to replace him, if he really cared about his county.

Anonymous said...

The Pearl River may be backing up due to the hundreds of challenge coins tossed in by Rankin goons, right Sheriff?

Kingfish said...

You DO know it happened on January 24, just one week before the qualifying deadline, right? No one, not even the feds, knew about it for awhile as it was passed off as another officer involved shooting of an alleged druggie who had a gun.

Anonymous said...

1:01 - You're either ignorant or purposefully misleading us. The mistrial was called by the judge due to certain evidence not being shared until an inappropriate passage of time prior to trial.

You would have readers here thinking somebody got off easy. Either turn your cap around or crawl in a hole.

Anonymous said...

3:21
Absolute “radio silence “! Had he had an opponent he would have lost . He got records for n undervotes and write ins .

Anonymous said...

Dear 11:34 a.m.:

Since you asked, please refer to Miss. Code Ann. Sections 25-5-3 through 25-5-37 in answer to your question as to the option available to remove a county elected official. Good luck to you in your quest.

Anonymous said...

2 things I gathered within minutes of watching this video, someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

1. Sheriff Bailey was on scene the night this incident occurred.

2. He mentioned "policies". Is the Rankin Co Sheriff's Department accredited like so many other departments?

Anonymous said...

If you live in Rankin County , and as tired of this incapable moron as I am I would start blowing up your supervisor! If you have the time just run through the board minutes and see what they sign of on for this guy!! Trucks that look like they have been sent to Rick’s pro truck/multi-week vacations/multiple checks coming from the county! It’s all there folks just read it! Or better yet let Shad ?? The minutes are a silver platter Shad !

Anonymous said...

3:27 Miss’ s back is against the wall, it doesn’t matter why the mistrial was declared, the shoddy policeman could be black! It’s still National News and it portrays the state in a negative light. It’s just a fact.

Anonymous said...

Nice try 5:30. You still fall flat while having no understanding of what a mistrial is or means. And THAT'S a fact.

Anonymous said...

Why is there always some racist white southern sheriff villain?
It’s time for a new sheriff.

Anonymous said...

Ignorant, racist, red neck masses elect ignorant rednecks, who hire ignorant red necks. Maybe the problem is deeper than the sheriff.

Anonymous said...

Maybe now more folks know why "Try that in a small town" was problematic for some.

Anonymous said...

Republicans? Let’s see…

The Mississippi Supreme Court had to rule against the Republican controlled City of Richland for trying to bankrupt mobile home parks via attrition.

The Justice Department had to stop the Republican controlled City of Ridgeland from forcing apartment complex owners (somebody please correct me if I’m wrong because this s__t is really hard to believe) to start tearing down buildings in order to comply with “new zoning ordinances” (no grandfather clause in Ridgeland!).

So, we know we Republicans prove we hate all poor people, so much so that we will force them out of our cities via new zoning, BUT, then the geniuses in Mississippi’s super majority Republican controlled house and senate let Democrats talk them into passing a “pro-deadbeat tenant, Tenant Landlord law” (it’s always bipartisan when idiot Republicans do what Democrats want)…BWAHAHAHAHA

Moving on to the idiot Republicans in south Madison County that threw out Supervisor David Bishop in the Republican primary because they wanted a “visual deed” to someone else’s land i.e. wanted it to remain a “nature sanctuary”, only to give that supervisor position back to Democrat Karl Banks in the general…BWAHAHAHAHAHA

Then, Republicans keep electing Gerald Steen as a Madison County supervisor, knowing he votes with the two other Democrats…meaning Madison County is now Democrat controlled, compliments of Republicans…BWAHAHAHAHAH

But wait, what happens to the one slam dunk issue we Republicans have, “LAW and ORDER” that is, (since only fools believe all law enforcement officers are bad, the police should be defunded, the police should be abolished, and all of the other insanity that’s caused crime to skyrocket, including deaths of innocent children)?????

Well, let’s see…

The Rankin County Sheriff’s Dept gives us…
the Goon Squad (how much this has set Mississippi back is incalculable at this time),
a deputy that allegedly threatened to arrest two attorneys on the court house steps during the “John Sullivan” trial,
a deputy that, via a viral video on Flag Island last weekend, has proven exactly what type of person Sheriff Bailey hires.

But let’s not forget the new City of Republican controlled Gluckstadt, that’s “writing tickets right and left,” then having the hard working, no previous criminal record, tax paying contributors sent to be JUDGED by, according to his Linkedin profile, a “criminal defense attorney” that you must hire if you’re charged as a “real criminal” because he will “provide aggressive, results-focused representation.”

But wait, that same “civil libertarian all people deserve a good defense and 2nd (3rd, 4th, 5th) chances criminal defense attorney” runs a kangaroo Gluckstadt court system where he doesn’t even show up but instead has his employee tell these really bad citizens that broke the speed limit, to paraphrase, “Mr. Tough Guy Judge isn’t here so you can pay the fine or take off from work yet another day and come back, but he ain’t gonna rule for ya!” BWAHAHAHAHA

Will stop here since it’s probably too long to get posted as is, but…

Republicans have a choice with Sheriff Bailey of either stepping up and prove Mississippi isn’t putting up with a SO being managed like Rankin’s has, or send another message of just how stupid we Republicans are.

But hey, they don’t call we Republicans the Stupid Party for nothing, right! BWAHAHAHAHAHA

Anonymous said...

Leave him alone.. he did not know anything, clearly know of you know him!

Anonymous said...

Why does Rankin County have a 6 pointed star and other Sheriff departments have 5 pointed stars?

Anonymous said...

Sheriff Bailey’s band of redneck nazis has been terrorizing the good people of Rankin County for years. As we saw on flag island this past week, their blood lust knows no bounds. Thank goodness some Good Samaritan stepped in to prevent more violence. Historically they have targeted POCs and young people with 4th amendment abuse and the whole “I found a marijuana seed in your truck, drop you pants” routine. If you are in contact with their ilk, record it all.

Anonymous said...

8:18
I know him well and apparently you really don’t. He is guilty as hell , did you not see how many wrote ins he got?? New record in our county . He was there, he knew about and either he ok’d or sent them out there. The shooting is a done deal now the bigger question is what else has he been up ? How many payoffs/deals has he cut ?

Anonymous said...

I’d bet the farm not only did he know about the goon squad he probably named them. Eyes toward Simpson county.

Anonymous said...

This is an absolutely shameful display by Bryan Bailey.
A deep scar on the history and reputation of Rankin County and Mississippi.
This might actually be worse than Luke Woodham.

Anonymous said...

If he doesn’t resign then I hope they include his face with the Goon Squad on the exhibit they are adding to the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum.

Anonymous said...

10:32 gets the award for the most tone deaf comment on this thread.

Nobody died with these moron cops. And, the “victims” will be multimillionaires soon.

Say that same comment to the kids that lost their lives.

Anonymous said...

Dear Santa Claus,

I only want a Stoke's Cap and a Rankin County "goon Squad" challenge coin this year.

Thank you Santa !

Anonymous said...


Sheriff Bailey was almost certainly either complicit, or Sheriff Bailey is incompetent.

But even is Sheriff Bailey is the alleged 2nd perfect person to ever walk this earth, and somehow miraculously he’s just couldn’t see the signs (wait, this is incompetence), he must resign, or he must be forced out.

It appears Sheriff Bailey is well liked, and Rankin Countians are in the box, they just can’t see the forest for the trees. So, it’s up to Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves and all of the other state Republican power players to get this done.

Mississippi’s already tremendously tarnished image cannot take any more on the matter. This is Mississippi’s chance to prove we truly believe in law and order, so real leadership must prevail.

Anonymous said...

7:11
Well said sir! Now about being well liked, I think the election turn out says the people of Rankin County have changed their minds on him. I think everyone who thinks he is incompetent and has deceived us for the past decade needs to call their elected officials! Some of which he has used his office against!

Kingfish said...

tomorrow.


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