By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - Six white former Mississippi law enforcement officers received sentences ranging from 10 to 45 years in prison on Wednesday on state charges for their roles in the "Goon Squad" torture and sexual abuse of two Black me.
BRANDON, Miss. (AP) Already sentenced to many years in federal prison, six white former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for torturing two Black men were sentenced Wednesday in state court.
A group of Mississippi officers called the "Goon Squad" was sentenced to prison. Still, Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey should resign or be removed.