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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 […]
Two former law enforcement officers who were part of a self-styled “Goon Squad” that tortured, sexually assaulted and beat residents of a Mississippi county were given hefty prison sentences on Tuesday for brutally attacking two Black men last year. A federal judge ordered Hunter Elward, who shot one of the victims in the mouth, to […]
Jackson, Mississippi CNN — Hunter Elward, a former Mississippi sheriff’s deputy who faced the most serious of federal charges against him and five other officers in the torture of two Black men last year, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in a highly emotional hearing Tuesday.
Jackson, Mississippi CNN — Hunter Elward, a former Mississippi sheriff’s deputy who faced the most serious of federal charges against him and five other officers in the torture of two Black men last year, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in a highly emotional hearing Tuesday. Elward pleaded guilty in August to federal charges […]
By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington 19 March 2024, 13:10 GMT Updated 52 minutes ago Image caption, The men face decades in prison Former Mississippi police officer Hunter Elward has been sentenced to 20 years for his role in torturing two black men in their own home. Elward is the first of six officers […]
WASHINGTON — As a candidate in 2020, Joseph R. Biden Jr. campaigned to end billions of dollars in annual tax breaks to oil and gas companies within his first year in office. It’s a pledge he has been unable to keep as president. Mr. Biden’s budget request to Congress this week was his fourth attempt […]
Ron Dong was only 2 years old when his Chinese American parents moved to Coronado, Calif., a change that had been possible only because of a Black couple who defied anti-Asian segregation to rent a house to his family. More than 80 years later, Ron and his younger brother, Lloyd Dong Jr., 81, are carrying […]
A MAN in the US has died from the plague for the first time in years, sparking concern the Black Death could make a resurgence. The unnamed patient from New Mexico was hospitalised from the disease before dying, local health officials said in a statement last week. A US man has become the first to die of […]
Charles Barkley ripped into President Biden and the Democratic Party on Wednesday, accusing them of only caring “about black people every four years” before an election. The co-host of CNN’s “King Charles” show sounded off while explaining why he believed former President Donald Trump held an appeal for some black voters. “The reason I think […]
US News By Snejana Farberov Published March 7, 2024, 8:36 a.m. ET Charles Barkley ripped into President Biden and the Democratic Party Wednesday, accusing them of only caring “about black people every four years” before an election. The co-host of CNN’s “King Charles” show sounded off while explaining why he believed former President Donald Trump […]