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Six former law enforcement officers in Mississippi have pleaded guilty to federal charges in the beating and sexual assault of two Black men.
One of the men, Michael Corey Jenkins, they shot in the mouth.
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5 former Rankin County deputies Brett McAlpin, Christian Dedmon, Jeffrey Middleton, Hunter Elward, & Daniel Opdyke; & former Richland officer Joshua Hartfield were charged w/ aggravated assault, home invasion, obstruction of justice in the first degree, & conspiracy to commit obstruction of justice.
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The group of despicable former officers called themselves “The Goon Squad.”According to the complaint, they used the name “because of their willingness to use excessive force and not to report it.”
01:19 PM - Aug 08, 2023
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Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker say that the officers burst into the home they were residing in without a warrant on Jan. 24, beat them, assaulted them with a sex toy and shocked them repeatedly with tasers over the course of about 90 minutes.
Elward then shot Jenkins in the mouth.
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The complaint details the horrific abuse that Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker endured.

Stating that one officer “demanded to know where the drugs were” and fired a bullet into a wall.
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At one point, the officers “poured milk, alcohol, and chocolate syrup on their faces and into their mouths.”
One officer also “poured cooking grease” on Parker's head.
Another threw eggs at the men.
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One officer ordered the men to strip naked and shower off “to wash away evidence of abuse.”
The officers then used a wooden kitchen implement, a metal sword, and pieces of wood to beat Eddie Terrell Parker.
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The deputies continued to shock the men with tasers and stole from the property.
The horrific attack culminated in a “mock execution,” when former officer Hunter Elward fired a bullet in Jenkins' mouth, lacerating his tongue, breaking his jaw and exiting his neck.
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The officers then “planted and tampered with evidence to corroborate their false cover story and cover up their misconduct.”

Mississippi does not require officers to wear body cams.
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Read more:

Six white former law enforcement officers in Mississippi pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges in the torture of two Black men in January 2023.

https://www.usatoday.com/s...
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Hunter Elward’s name also appears in police reports and court records from two additional incidents in which Pierre Woods and Damien Cameron were killed.
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Christian Dedmon was also involved in the 2019 arrest of Carvis Johnson.
According to Johnson’s lawsuit, Johnson alleges that one of the deputies put a gun in his mouth.
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