RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Six white former Mississippi law officers pleaded guilty to state charges on Monday for torturing two Black men in a racist assault. A plea hearing was held at the Rankin County Circuit Court on Monday, August 14. Five former Rankin County sheriff’s deputies and an ex-Richland police officer pled guilty to charges [.]
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - State charges have been filed by Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch's Office in Rankin County Circuit Court against six former officers involved in an assault on two Black men. Five former Rankin County sheriff’s deputies and an ex-Richland police officer pled guilty to charges in federal court on Thursday, August [.]