Six former Mississippi law officers, including some who call themselves the "Goon Squad,” plead guilty to state charges Monday for their racist assault on two.
Six white former Mississippi law officers pleaded guilty to state charges on Monday for torturing two Black men in a racist assault. All six had recently admitted their guilt in a connected federal civil rights case.
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Six former Mississippi law officers, including some who call themselves the "Goon Squad,” plead guilty to state charges Monday for their racist assault on two.
The men include five former Rankin County sheriff's deputies Brett McAlpin, Hunter Elward, Christian Dedmon, Jeffrey Middleton and Daniel Opdyke and a former police officer from the city of Richland, Joshua Hartfield. Each appeared Monday in jump suits with the names of jails covered by tape.