Ex-Mississippi officers plead guilty to racist assault on 2 Black men during raid

[FranklinRoosevelt_FTW]

Does it really matter?

Six white former law enforcement officers in Mississippi who called themselves the “Goon Squad” have pleaded guilty to a racist assault.

Uh no, we don't have the same struggle. That is the lie you guys want to push.

Yes, brother it certainly matters big time. We should know if these guys are sellin crack, cocaine to grandmothers and kids. Because any honorable black man or white man will be adamantly against that and many of them would say these guys got what they had coming to them, if not more.


I’m from the working class absolutely whites and blacks have the same struggle. Anything else is a matter of racism and brutality. And there’s no room in this country for race division. Anybody who tells you that white people and Black people don’t have it the same are crazy. This is 2023 there are millions and millions of white people and Black people either homeless or living with a very low wage. And most of us don’t view each other is blacks or whites. We are all Christians here many of us are. And that is what brings us together Jesus.

 

[Zincwarrior]

we have the best police in the world

What country's police are you referring to? I thought Russian police were all on the take?

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

I guess that depends on what crimes they were committing when the police caught up with them.

The officers being guilty of excessive violence and assault doesn’t necessarily make them innocent in the moments leading up to the incident(s). Can’t read any details thanks to paywall. Just not enough info to know.

Really. Well, just for you..the only thing they were guilty of was living with a white woman:

https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2023-08-06/racist-abuse-by-mississippi-officers-reveals-a-culture-of-misconduct-residents-say

When a white neighbor complained Black people were staying with a white woman on Jan. 24, the officers went to the home and found Jenkins and Parker. They burst inside without a warrant and handcuffed the men. They beat and sexually assaulted the pair and shocked them with stun guns. They poured milk, alcohol and chocolate syrup over their faces and mocked them with racial slurs. Elward shoved a gun in Jenkins' mouth and fired, lacerating his tongue.
To cover up their crimes, they planted drugs on Jenkins.

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

Yes, brother it certainly matters big time. We should know if these guys are sellin crack, cocaine to grandmothers and kids. Because any honorable black man or white man will be adamantly against that and many of them would say these guys got what they had coming to them, if not more.


I’m from the working class absolutely whites and blacks have the same struggle. Anything else is a matter of racism and brutality. And there’s no room in this country for race division. Anybody who tells you that white people and Black people don’t have it the same are crazy. This is 2023 there are millions and millions of white people and Black people either homeless or living with a very low wage. And most of us don’t view each other is blacks or whites. We are all Christians here many of us are. And that is what brings us together Jesus.

https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2023-08-06/racist-abuse-by-mississippi-officers-reveals-a-culture-of-misconduct-residents-say

When a white neighbor complained Black people were staying with a white woman on Jan. 24, the officers went to the home and found Jenkins and Parker. They burst inside without a warrant and handcuffed the men. They beat and sexually assaulted the pair and shocked them with stun guns. They poured milk, alcohol and chocolate syrup over their faces and mocked them with racial slurs. Elward shoved a gun in Jenkins' mouth and fired, lacerating his tongue.
To cover up their crimes, they planted drugs on Jenkins.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

Yes, brother it certainly matters big time. We should know if these guys are sellin crack, cocaine to grandmothers and kids. Because any honorable black man or white man will be adamantly against that and many of them would say these guys got what they had coming to them, if not more.

So should the FBI be able to just go and get Trump and beat the living hell out of him for something he may have done? That is what you are saying here, you are trying to justify the actions of these officers.

I’m from the working class absolutely whites and blacks have the same struggle.

That's the lie you tell yourself to try and make it seem as though we are on an even plane.

Anything else is a matter of racism and brutality. And there’s no room in this country for race division.

There has been racial division in this country since it was taken and who is at the helm of it?

Anybody who tells you that white people and Black people don’t have it the same are crazy. This is 2023 there are millions and millions of white people and Black people either homeless or living with a very low wage. And most of us don’t view each other is blacks or whites. We are all Christians here many of us are. And that is what brings us together Jesus.

We are all Christians? If we were all Christians we wouldn't see the atrocities in this country that we have seen. For the most part we have white churches and we have black churches, hell we aren't even buried in the same cemetaries, but we are all Christians. Smfh.

 

[lennypartiv]

We are all Christians? If we were all Christians we wouldn't see the atrocities in this country that we have seen. For the most part we have white churches and we have black churches, hell we aren't even buried in the same cemetaries, but we are all Christians. Smfh.

Churches have membership rules. Very few churches let someone just waltz on in and sign papers giving them membership immediately.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

Churches have membership rules. Very few churches let someone just waltz on in and sign papers giving them membership immediately.

Why is that? The Bible says, "Come as you are." That's where the problem comes in, these churches are man made, they don't have anything to do with God.

 

[pknopp]

Follow up.


On the evening of January 24, three sheriff’s deputies in Rankin County, Mississippi, received a group text message from another deputy on the same shift: “Are y’all available for a mission?”

The deputy, Christian Dedmon, informed his colleagues Hunter Elward, Jeffrey Middleton and Daniel Opdyke they were going to a property in Braxton, roughly 30 miles south of Jackson, to handle a complaint received by the office’s chief investigator, Brett McAlpin. The details of what prosecutors say happened that night were shared in a federal charging document.

McAlpin’s White neighbor had told him several Black men were staying at a White woman’s home there and reported seeing suspicious behavior.

Dedmon warned the deputies there might be surveillance cameras on the property. If they spotted any cameras, the officers should knock on the door instead of kicking it down. But if not, he told them they had free rein to barge in without a warrant.

Tasers, taunts, torment: How 6 White officers subjected 2 Black men to hours of grueling violence, and then tried to cover it up

There will be no justice unless all officers get decades in prison and there is federal oversite of the complete system.

 

[whitehall]

When does an assault turn into a "racist" assault? Anytime you want.

 

[gipper]

Follow up.


On the evening of January 24, three sheriff’s deputies in Rankin County, Mississippi, received a group text message from another deputy on the same shift: “Are y’all available for a mission?”

The deputy, Christian Dedmon, informed his colleagues Hunter Elward, Jeffrey Middleton and Daniel Opdyke they were going to a property in Braxton, roughly 30 miles south of Jackson, to handle a complaint received by the office’s chief investigator, Brett McAlpin. The details of what prosecutors say happened that night were shared in a federal charging document.

McAlpin’s White neighbor had told him several Black men were staying at a White woman’s home there and reported seeing suspicious behavior.

Dedmon warned the deputies there might be surveillance cameras on the property. If they spotted any cameras, the officers should knock on the door instead of kicking it down. But if not, he told them they had free rein to barge in without a warrant.

Tasers, taunts, torment: How 6 White officers subjected 2 Black men to hours of grueling violence, and then tried to cover it up

There will be no justice unless all officers get decades in prison and there is federal oversite of the complete system.

WTF! That is absolutely disgusting. If true, those cops need long prison sentences.

 

[0311]

Six white former law enforcement officers in Mississippi who called themselves the “Goon Squad” have pleaded guilty to a racist assault on two Black men who were brutalized during a home raid that ended with an officer shooting one man in the mouth, federal prosecutors say.

The civil rights charges were unsealed Thursday as the officers — five former Rankin County sheriff’s deputies and an ex-Richland police officer — appeared in federal court and pleaded guilty.

The charges come after an Associated Press investigation that linked the deputies involved in the episode to at least four violent encounters with Black men since 2019 that left two dead and another with lasting injuries.

The officers assaulted them with a sex object, beat them and used their stun guns repeatedly over a roughly 90-minute period. The episode culminated with one deputy placing a gun in Jenkins’ mouth and firing, which cut his tongue, broke his jaw and exited out his neck, the court documents said.

The officers did not give him medical attention, instead discussing a “false cover story to cover up their misconduct,” as well as planting and tampering with evidence, the documents said.

MSN

Let's see who comes out and tries to defend this behavior.

What should be the punishment of these racist, feral animals?

It has been said that the police are the biggest gang in America.

Here is the Associated Press Story:

Former Mississippi Police Officers Plead Guilty To State Charges For Torturing Two Black Men.

Six former Mississippi officers plead guilty to state charges for torturing two Black men

Six white former Mississippi law officers who tortured two Black men have pleaded guilty to state-level charges.

apnews.com

For the of State of Mississippi to bring these charges is huge.
Times they are a changin'

 

[Superbadbrutha]

Here is the Associated Press Story:

Former Mississippi Police Officers Plead Guilty To State Charges For Torturing Two Black Men.

Six former Mississippi officers plead guilty to state charges for torturing two Black men

Six white former Mississippi law officers who tortured two Black men have pleaded guilty to state-level charges.

apnews.com

For the of State of Mississippi to bring these charges is huge.
Times they are a changin'

I sure hope they are.

 

[SamInAZ]

Six white former law enforcement officers in Mississippi who called themselves the “Goon Squad” have pleaded guilty to a racist assault on two Black men who were brutalized during a home raid that ended with an officer shooting one man in the mouth, federal prosecutors say.

The civil rights charges were unsealed Thursday as the officers — five former Rankin County sheriff’s deputies and an ex-Richland police officer — appeared in federal court and pleaded guilty.

The charges come after an Associated Press investigation that linked the deputies involved in the episode to at least four violent encounters with Black men since 2019 that left two dead and another with lasting injuries.

The officers assaulted them with a sex object, beat them and used their stun guns repeatedly over a roughly 90-minute period. The episode culminated with one deputy placing a gun in Jenkins’ mouth and firing, which cut his tongue, broke his jaw and exited out his neck, the court documents said.

The officers did not give him medical attention, instead discussing a “false cover story to cover up their misconduct,” as well as planting and tampering with evidence, the documents said.

MSN

Let's see who comes out and tries to defend this behavior.

What should be the punishment of these racist, feral animals?

It has been said that the police are the biggest gang in America.

I keep hearing they called themselves "The Ghoul Squad"..not "Goon Squad". KKK members have historically referred to each other as "ghouls"(because of the sheets & hoods). If they did call themselves that...no wonder they plead guilty.

 

[0311]

I sure hope they are.

You and me both.

 

[pknopp]

Calls are growing louder for the chief to step down.

‘Been Knowing These Men Almost a Lifetime’: Mississippi Activists Call for Sheriff Over ‘Goon Squad’ That Tortured Black Men to Step Down, Rejects Narrative That He Was Unaware of Abuse

Either he knew and should step down (and be prosecuted) or he didn't which shows he had no control of those under him and he should step down.

 

[pknopp]

Article noting that this isn't an isolated issue.

Mississippi 'goon squad' officers are part of larger law enforcement problem, experts say

 

[pknopp]

The first two officers sentenced get 20 and 17 years.

First of 6 Mississippi ex-officers sentenced to 20 years for torturing 2 Black men: ‘I’m so sorry … I hate myself for it’

 

[pknopp]

Third "officer" gets 17 years while the 4th gets 40 years for his depravity.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/20/us/mississippi-officers-sentencing-goon-squad-wednesday/index.html

He gets twice the sentence of the guy that shot an innocent man in the mouth. It's not going to be fun for him in prison.

 

[pknopp]

The last two receive 27 and 10 years.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/21/us/mississippi-officers-sentencing-goon-squad-thursday/index.html

They all still face state charges.