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goon

noun as in ruffian

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The message said, "I’m surprised none of you wrote a letter on Danny Masterson’s behalf since your corny a** singer showed up to support him in the prelims. Remember Emily? Remember how your fellow Scientologist goon squad surrounded one of the Jane Doe’s when she was trying to leave the elevators? The court sheriffs had to escort her away from your awful cult."

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I can imagine that, were I part of the doc crew and a Dwight-like goon started a fire, I would feel the scene is worth getting without intrusion and there’s plenty of ways it gets handled before it’s out of hand.

The Goon Squad came to national attention last year after Rankin County sheriff’s deputies tortured two Black men in their home and shot one of them in the face, nearly killing him.

Six officers, including three from the Goon Squad shift, pleaded guilty and were sentenced to federal prison in March.

In November 2019, the same year that the department came under review for three fatal shootings that involved Goon Squad members, the deputies discussed turning their work into a game: one point for every arrest.

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