The six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who tortured and abused two Black men in a racist attack were sentenced on Wednesday to 15 to 45 years in prison on state charges.
Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers were sentenced to decades in prison on Wednesday after pleading guilty to state charges related to the racially motivated torture, sexual assault and shooting of two Black men in January 2023 and their subsequent actions to cover up their crimes. The group of officers, all white, includes five former Rankin County sheriff's deputies Christian Dedmon, Hunter Elward, Brett McAlpin, Jeffrey Middleton and Daniel Opdyke as well as former Richland police officer Joshua Hartfield.
Eddie Terrell Parker woke up in a Mississippi jail cell last January with an unfamiliar taste of alcohol on his tongue and the painful memory of seeing his friend, Michael Corey Jenkins, get shot in the mouth by a Rankin County sheriff’s deputy. Prior to that Tuesday night, Parker was not a drinker. The amount […] The post Mississippi Dad Who Survived Sadistic ‘Goon Squad’ Attack Calls for More Prison Time appeared first on Capital B News.