BRANDON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Rankin County NAACP hosted a town hall meeting on Saturday, calling for the resignation of Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey. This comes as five former deputies and a former Richland police officer are scheduled to be sentenced on state charges on April 10 at 9:00 a.m. at the Rankin County [.]
The leaders are calling for justice for Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker. Jenkins accused six deputies of putting a gun in his mouth and firing it. Jenkins also claimed the deputies tortured him and Parker.