now the community is grappling with questions about leadership. >> i know brian bailey's heart. he's law enforcement all the way, and he loves jesus all the way. he's still in because they want him in. >> reporter: despite his election victory, the rankin county naacp has been collecting signatures calling for his resignation. >> we want law enforcement officers to be held accountable, to be punished for these kinds of behaviors. >> reporter: jenkins and parker claim the deputy called them the n-word and used other racial slurs during the beating. in a county that's majority white but neighbors jackson, one of america's blackest cities, bailey doesn't want his deputies' actions to reflect on him. >> there's good and bad, right and wrong. i don't care what color you are. >> reporter: the sheriff said there were new efforts within the department to retrain deputies. every taser use is logged, and deputies recently received civil rights training. the naacp doesn't think that's enough. >> the only way that we'll be able to get the truth to the people there is to remove sheriff baile

. >> i know brian bailey's heart. he is law enforcement all the way and he loves jesus all the way. >> he is still in because they want him in. >> reporter: despite his victory, the rankin county naacp has begun collecting signatures calling for bailey's resignation. >> we want law enforcement officers to be held accountable, to be punished for these kinds of behaviors. >> reporter: jenkins and parker claim the deputies called them the n-word and used other racial slurs during the beating. in a county that's majority white but neighbors jackson one of america's blackest cities, bailey says he doesn't want his deputies' actions to reflect on him. >> it's over with. there is good and bad, right and wrong. i don't care what color you are. >> reporter: the sheriff said there were new efforts within the department to retrain deputies. every taser use is logged and deputies recently received civil rights training. the naacp doesn't think that's enough. >> the only way that we will be able to get the trust of the people back