The Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation into the sheriff’s department in Mississippi’s Rankin County after several of its deputies – including some who were in a self-styled “Goon Squad” – abused and tortured two Black men in a racially charged home raid last year.

Six former officers, who were members of a self-proclaimed "Goon Squad," were sentenced to decades in prison for torturing two Black men.

Authorities said the civil rights probe would examine whether officers systemically targeted minorities with excessive force.

Carly Gregg, the Mississippi teenager who killed her mother and tried to kill her stepfather, was found guilty on all charges and sentenced to life in prison.

Carly Gregg, the Mississippi teen who shot her mother dead and wounded her stepfather, weeped as she was was found guilty Friday in the pair of ruthless shootings.The 15-year-old is set to spend the rest of her life in prison after being convicted on all charges,