White Mississippi Cops In Self-Proclaimed “Goon Squad” Plead Guilty For Torturing Two Black Men After Trying To Cover It Up

Essence Magazine:

By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated August 15, 2023

After recently admitting guilt in the federal civil rights case against them, six white ex-police officers in Mississippi pled guilty to state charges on Monday “for torturing two Black men in a racist assault.”

According to prosecutors, some of the officers had given themselves the moniker of the “Goon Squad,” due to “their willingness to use excessive force and cover up attacks including

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