Backlash Continues over Rankin County Supervisor's Alleged Comments About 'Goon Squad' Victims

'Reprehensible': Pastor demands Mississippi sheriff resign over racism scandal

At Thursday’s standing-room-only Board of Supervisors’ meeting, several Rankin County citizens called for Supervisor Steve Gaines to resign because of remarks that some have called racist. The Rev. Ava Harvey, pastor for the Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church in Brandon, called for “an honest apology and an honorable resignation” by Gaines, saying, “It is time for our county to heal.” In 2023, five of Sheriff Bryan Bailey’s deputies, some …

Backlash continues over Rankin County supervisor's alleged comments about 'Goon Squad' victims

The comments were mentioned in a Rankin County board of supervisors meeting Thursday.

When you're in a hole, stop digging

Despite payments to victims and the imprisonment of six law enforcement officers, the Goon Squad story in Rankin County will not go away. This time it’s because a county supervisor talked about it in public.