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    2 more former Mississippi 'Goon Squad' deputies sentenced in torture of 2 Black men

    Two more white ex-deputies were given significant yearslong prison sentences for their role in the 2023 racist torture of Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Parker during a no-warrant house raid.
    by Debbie Elliott Mar 20, 2024 2 minutes
    Updated March 20, 2024 at 4:16 PM ET

    JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi federal judge is sentencing additional former law enforcement officers to serve significant prison time in a disturbing brutality case in which the six white lawmen pleaded guilty to federal civil rights charges for torturing two Black men last year.

    They were part of a self-styled "Goon Squad" known locally for using violent and aggressive tactics in Rankin

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