torture
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. The men — former Rankin County Sheriff’s deputies Brett Morris McAlpin, 53; Christian Dedmon, 29; Jeffrey Middleton, 46; Hunter Elward, 31; and Daniel […]
Rankin County, Mississippi CNN — On the eve of the last two sentencing hearings this week in the case of a pair of Black men tortured by six White law enforcement officers, a cousin of Emmett Till’s mother thought of her . . .
A “goon squad” of racist American police officers have been sentenced to decades behind bars. Six ex-coppers admitted raiding a Mississippi home without a warrant and assaulting two black men. The officers carried out a mock execution during a 90-minute torture session of Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker men during the incident. The […]
Jackson, Mississippi CNN — Joshua Hartfield, the last of six White former Mississippi law enforcement officers sentenced in the torture of two Black men in January 2023, received a 10-year prison term in federal court Thursday afternoon. The hearing capped an emotional three days during . . .
Jackson, Mississippi CNN — Joshua Hartfield, the last of six White former Mississippi law enforcement officers sentenced in the torture of two Black men in January 2023, received a 10-year prison term in federal court Thursday afternoon. The hearing capped an emotional three days during which vivid accounts of the horrifying brutality of a self-styled “Goon Squad” of […]
The fourth of six Mississippi former law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to subjecting two Black men to racially motivated torture in January 2023 was sentenced to decades in prison on Wednesday. Christian Dedmon, a former Rankin County sheriff’s deputy, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for his role in torturing Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie […]
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 […]
Jackson, Mississippi CNN — A fourth former Mississippi law enforcement officer who pleaded guilty to torturing two Black men was sentenced to 40 years in prison Wednesday, as accounts of the horrifying brutality of a self-styled “Goon Squad” of deputies gripped a federal courtroom. A . . .
Jackson, Mississippi CNN — A fourth former Mississippi law enforcement officer who pleaded guilty to torturing two Black men was sentenced to 40 years in prison Wednesday, as accounts of the horrifying brutality of a self-styled “Goon Squad” of deputies gripped a federal courtroom. A judge imposed the harshest sentence so far on former Rankin County […]
By Nadine Yousif & Brandon Drenon BBC News 20 March 2024 Updated 1 hour ago Image caption, The former police officers face decades in prison. Christian Edmond (top middle) and Daniel Opdyke (bottom middle) are being sentenced on Wednesday A former Mississippi police officer has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for torturing two […]