Mississippi 'Goon Squad' Officers Sentenced On State Charges For Torture Of 2 Black Men
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The six officers, who were previously sentenced for federal convictions, also pleaded guilty to state charges last year.
A judge on Wednesday sentenced six Mississippi law enforcement officers on state charges for the torture of two Black men during a no-warrant home raid.
This comes after a federal judge in March sentenced the officers to prison terms ranging from 10 to 40 years. They had pleaded guilty in both their federal and state cases last summer.
The six men — five former Rankin County sheriff’s deputies and a former Richland Police Department officer who belonged to a self-styled “Goon Squad” — tortured Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker in 2023 at a home in Braxton, Mississippi.
The officers kicked in the door of the home, shouting racial slurs at Jenkins and Parker as they beat the men and shocked them with stun guns. One Rankin County deputy shot Jenkins in the mouth.
The judge read the officers their sentences one by one Wednesday, with the sentencing ranging from 15 to 45 years.
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