🔴All 6 rogue Mississippi cops got long prison sentences in 'Goon Squad' torture of 2 Black men #news

Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers, who were involved in the torture of two Black men, Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker, in January 2023, have been sentenced. The officers, who were all white, had already been sentenced to federal prison terms ranging from about 10 to 40 years. The six officers include five former Rankin County sheriff’s deputies — Brett McAlpin, Hunter Elward, Christian Dedmon, Jeffrey Middleton, and Daniel Opdyke — and a former police officer from the city of Richland, Joshua Hartfield.

The officers pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges. They agreed to sentences recommended by state prosecutors ranging from five to 30 years. The time served for the state convictions will run concurrently, or at the same time, as the federal sentences, and the men will serve their time in federal penitentiaries.

The case drew outrage from top law enforcement officials in the country, including Attorney General Merrick Garland, who said the officers committed a “heinous attack on citizens they had sworn an oath to protect. The victims, Jenkins and Parker, have called for the resignation of the officers and filed a $400 million civil lawsuit against the dept.