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Merrick Garland says officers’ torture of 2 Black men was betrayal of community they swore to protect
‘We are committed to working with local officials, deputies and the community to conduct a comprehensive investigation.’
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Attorneys say other victims could sue a Mississippi sheriff’s department over brutality
‘We stand by our convictions that the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department over the last decade or more has been one of the worst-run sheriff’s departments in the country.’
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Justice Department opens civil rights probe of sheriff’s office after torture of 2 Black men
The Justice Department has received information about other troubling incidents.
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6 former Mississippi law officers sentenced in state court for torture of 2 Black men
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.
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6 former Mississippi law officers to be sentenced in state court for torture of 2 Black men
Time served for the state convictions will run at the same time as the federal sentences, and the men will serve their time in federal penitentiaries.
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White former officers get sentences of 10 to 40 years in torture of 2 Black men in Mississippi
The younger deputies tried to wrap their heads around how they had started off ‘wanting to be good law enforcement officers and turned into monsters.’
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Last 2 Mississippi ex-officers to be sentenced for torturing 2 Black men in racist assault
The former officers, some of whom called themselves the “Goon Squad,” stuck to their cover story for months until finally admitting that they tortured Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker.
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3rd of 6 former officers in Mississippi gets 17.5 years for racist torture of 2 Black men
‘You were not a passive observer. You actively participated in that brutal attack.’
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Sentencing continues for deputies who tortured 2 Black men in racist assault
The former officers admitted months ago that they tortured Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker.
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Mississippi ex-deputy gets 20-year sentence in racist torture of 2 Black men
Officers forced two Black men to strip naked and shower together to conceal the mess. They mocked the victims with racial slurs and shocked them with stun guns.