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**FILE** U.S. Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons)
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Justice Department Opens Civil Rights Investigation Into Rankin County Sheriff’s Department

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The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a civil rights investigation into Rankin County, Mississippi, and the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department to determine if the department engages in unconstitutional practices, including excessive force, unlawful stops, and racially discriminatory policing.

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Anacostia artist Yetunde Sapp painted this 8 x 12 ft. mural portrait of Breonna Taylor in Washington, D.C.'s Lafayette Square during Black Lives Matter protests in June 2020. (Justice for Breonna Taylor, Yetunde Sapp, 2020. Paint and spray paint on plywood. Photo by: Patrick Rogan, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution. Gift of Levita Mondie and Yetunde Sapp)
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