Mississippi Ex-Deputy Gets 40 Years For Racist Torture Of 2 Black Men
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Christian Dedmon was the fourth former sheriff’s deputy sentenced in the 2003 attacks on Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A fourth former Mississippi sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced for his part in the racist torture of two Black men by a group of white officers who called themselves “the Goon Squad.” Christian Dedmon was sentenced Wednesday to 40 years in federal prison, hours after Daniel Opdyke was sentenced to 17.5 years.
Dedmon, 29, did not look at the victims as he apologized and said he’d never forgive himself for the pain he caused.
All six of the white former officers charged in the torture pleaded guilty, admitting that they subjected Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker to numerous acts of racist torture in January 2023 after a neighbor complained that the men were staying in a home with a white woman.
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Jenkins, who still has trouble speaking due to his injuries, said in a statement read by his lawyer that Dedmon’s actions were the most depraved of any of those who attacked him.
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