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 [.]
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.
Six former Rankin County officers involved in an assault on two black men appeared in court where they entered guilty pleas on state charges in connection to the case.