4th white Mississippi officer sentenced to 40 years after pleading guilty in torture of 2 Black men
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on March 21, 2024
Former Rankin County sheriff's deputy Christian Dedmon was sentenced to 40 years in prison during a hearing in federal court in Jackson, Mississippi, on Wednesday for his role in two attacks, including the torture of two Black men, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Dedmon received the maximum sentence for the January 2023 torture of Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker and for the assault of another man during an incident in . . .
