Two Former Mississippi Police Officers, Members Of “Goon Squad,” Sentenced For Torturing Black Men

Essence Magazine:

By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated March 20, 2024

On Tuesday, a federal judge sentenced two former Mississippi police officers, who were members of the self-titled “Goon Squad,” for torturing two Black men last year.

Ex-sheriff’s deputies Hunter Elward and Jeffrey Middleton, who are both white, pled guilty along with four other “Goon Squad” members, “former Rankin County deputies Brett McAlpin, Christian Dedmon and Daniel Opdyke, as well as former Richland police officer Joshua

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