Verkkonancy goodban of fixin' san mateo county, a grassroots nonpartisan organization, started in 2021 to demand transparency and accountability within the sheriff's office, says this latest turn of. Verkkothe doj announced a federal civil rights probe into the rankin county sheriff’s office after five former deputies were convicted of racially motivated torture. Verkkopublished sep 19, 2024 at 7:04 pm edt. Department of justice has launched a probe into a mississippi sheriff's office's despicable torture of two black men.