![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/six-white-ex-cops-plead-guilty-to-torturing-two-black-men-in-gruesome-racist-assault/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_aswqs.jpg&description=Six former white Mississippi law officers pleaded guilty to state charges for racially motivated torture of two Black men, using excessive force, racial slurs, and planting evidence Six white former Mississippi law officers have pleaded guilty to state charges related to a racist assault on two Black men. The officers, who had also admitted guilt in a connected federal civil rights case, were part of a group known as the "Goon Squad," which used excessive force and covered up their actions. The men include five former Rankin County sheriff's deputies — Brett McAlpin, Hunter Elward, Christian Dedmon, Jeffrey Middleton and Daniel Opdyke — and a police officer from the city of Richland, Joshua Hartfield. They all pleaded guilty to charges of obstruction of justice and conspiracy to hinder prosecution. The assault involved entering a house without a warrant, handcuffing and torturing the victims with stun guns, sex toys and other objects while using racial slurs. They then planted drugs and a gun to falsely charge one victim. Their conspiracy was exposed when one officer confessed, leading to the others' admissions. Sentences recommended by state prosecutors range from five to 30 years, with the possibility of longer federal prison sentences in November. For all the latest on news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US All six pleaded guilty to state charges of obstruction of justice and conspiracy to hinder prosecution. Dedmon and Elward, who kicked in a door, pleaded guilty to additional charges of home invasion. Elward also pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, for shoving a gun into the mouth of one of the victims and pulling the trigger, in what authorities called a "mock execution." The victims — Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker — arrived together. They sat in the front row, feet away from their attackers' families. Monica Lee, the mother of Damien Cameron, another Black man who died in 2021 after Elward punched and tased hi){kind=link}
Six former white Mississippi law officers pleaded guilty to state charges for racially motivated torture of two Black men, using excessive force, racial slurs, and planting evidence
Six white former Mississippi law officers have pleaded guilty to state charges related to a racist assault on two Black men.
The officers, who had also admitted guilt in a connected federal civil rights case, were part of a group known as the “Goon Squad,” which used excessive force and covered up their actions.
The men include five former Rankin County sheriff’s deputies – Brett McAlpin, Hunter Elward, Christian Dedmon, Jeffrey Middleton and Daniel Opdyke – and a police officer from the city of Richland, Joshua Hartfield. They all pleaded guilty to charges of obstruction of justice and conspiracy to hinder prosecution.
The assault involved entering a house without a warrant, handcuffing and torturing the victims with stun guns, sex toys and other objects while using racial slurs. They then planted drugs and a gun to falsely charge one victim.