The Mississippi state and U.S. flags fly near the Rankin County Confederate Monument in the downtown square of Brandon, Miss., on Friday, March 3, 2023. Several members of a special unit of the Rankin County sheriff’s department that’s being investigated by the U.S. Justice Department for possible civil rights violations have been involved in at least four violent encounters with Black men since 2019 that left two dead and another with lasting injuries. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) 
A Rankin County Sheriff’s Deputy SUV drives through downtown Brandon, Miss., Friday, March 3, 2023. Several members of a special unit of the Rankin County sheriff’s department that’s being investigated by the U.S. Justice Department for possible civil rights violations have been involved in at least four violent encounters with Black men since 2019 that left two dead and another with lasting injuries. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) 
Monica Lee stands outside her eldest son’s house in Braxton, Miss., Tuesday, March 21, 2023, as she talks about her youngest son, Damien Cameron. The 29-year-old Black man, with a history of mental illness, died in July 2021 after being arrested by two Rankin County sheriff’s deputies. An Associated Press investigation found that deputies from a special unit of that sheriff’s department are being investigated by the U.S. Justice Department for their role in another incident where they may have committed civil rights violations. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) 
This photo provided by Monica Lee shows her son, Damien Montrell Cameron, 29, in a Mississippi hospital after his arrest by Rankin County sheriff’s deputies on Monday, July 26, 2021. The family is blaming his death on alleged excessive force by Deputies Hunter Elward and Luke Stickman. (Courtesy Monica Lee via AP) 
A Rankin County Sheriff’s Deputy badge logo is displayed on one of their vehicles in Brandon, Miss., Friday, March 3, 2023. Several members of a special unit of the Rankin County sheriff’s department that’s being investigated by the U.S. Justice Department for possible civil rights violations have been involved in at least four violent encounters with Black men since 2019 that left two dead and another with lasting injuries. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) 
Monica Lee stands outside her eldest son’s house in Braxton, Miss., Tuesday, March 21, 2023, as she speaks about her youngest son, Damien Cameron. The 29-year-old Black man, with a history of mental illness, died in July 2021 after being arrested by two Rankin County deputies. Lee, who witnessed the confrontation, said she hoped to talk to Damien before deputies drove him away. “I walked outside to tell him goodbye and that I loved him, and that I would try to see him the next day. That’s when I noticed they were on the driver’s side of the car doing CPR on him,” Lee said. “I fell to the ground screaming and hollering.” (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) 
This photo provided by Monica Lee shows her son, Damien Cameron, in Braxton, Miss., in 2021. Cameron, 29, who had a history of mental illness, died in July 2021 after being arrested by two Rankin County sheriff’s deputies. An Associated Press investigation found that deputies from a special unit of the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department that’s being investigated by the U.S. Justice Department for possible civil rights violations have been involved in at least four violent encounters with Black men since 2019 that left two dead and another seriously disfigured. (Courtesy Monica Lee via AP) 
A Rankin County Sheriff’s Deputy SUV drives past the Rankin County Confederate Monument in Brandon, Miss., Friday, March 3, 2023. Several members of a special unit of the Rankin County sheriff’s department that’s being investigated by the U.S. Justice Department for possible civil rights violations have been involved in at least four violent encounters with Black men since 2019 that left two dead and another with lasting injuries. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) 
Michael Corey Jenkins stands outside Taylor Hill Church in Braxton, Miss., March 18, 2023. The police shooting of Jenkins, who sustained critical injuries after he says a deputy put a gun in his mouth and fired, led the Justice Department to open a civil rights investigation into the Rankin County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said Jenkins was shot after he pointed a gun at them. (AP Photo/HG Biggs)
Deputies accused of shoving guns in mouths of 2 Black men
