US EditionMississippi County Reaches $2.5M Settlement With Black Men Invaded And Tortured By Cops
- Six former Braxton, Mississippi police officers pleaded guilty to federal charges for torturing Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker in January 2023.
- The officers entered Jenkins and Parker's home without a warrant, assaulting and sexually abusing them, while investigations revealed a decades-long pattern of abuse by Rankin County deputies.
- The officers staged a cover-up involving fabricated narcotics evidence, stolen surveillance, and threats after leaving Jenkins bleeding without medical aid.
- The six men received prison sentences ranging from 10 to 40 years, and Jenkins and Parker were awarded a historic $2.5 million settlement for trauma and abuse, described as 'the largest excessive force settlement' by their attorney.
- Advocates caution that the case does not end systemic racism or violence in Rankin County policing, emphasizing ongoing cultural issues despite convictions and settlements.
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Mississippi County Reaches $2.5M Settlement With Black Men Invaded And Tortured By Cops
Source: Black Lawyers for Justice / Black Lawyers for Justice It’s been more than two years since six now-former Braxton, Mississippi, police officers entered the home of two Black men, Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker, without a warrant and brutalized, tortured and sexually assaulted them. Last week, Rankin County officials announced that they had settled a lawsuit filed by Jenkins and Parker, who the court awarded $2.5 million for the trauma, …
2 Black Men Victimized By Mississippi ‘Goon Squad’ Awarded $2.5 Mi
Source: Max Zolotukhin Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker have been the subject of extensive BOSSIP coverage since March 2023, when news about the abuse that both men suffered at the hands of Rankin County Sheriff’s deputies began to circulate nationally. The two Black men from Mississippi were beaten, tortured, and sexually abused by a group of “police officers”, Hunter Elward, Jeffrey Middleton, Christian Dedmon, Daniel Opdyke, Bre…
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Rankin County supervisor backs the sheriff, calls the victims tortured by Goon Squad officers ‘dopers’ and rapists
When the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department agreed to a $2.5 million settlement after “Goon Squad” officers tortured two Black men, the department’s attorney said he hoped it would provide closure for the victims.
Mississippi County Officials Settle Lawsuit Filed by Two Black Men Brutalized by Deputies for $2.5M
Rankin County officials announced last week that they had settled a lawsuit filed by Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker—who were brutalized by sheriff’s deputies in 2023—for $2.5 million. “This amount, for Mississippi, is historic,” said Trent Walker, the attorney for the two men. “I can’t think of an excessive force settlement larger than this.” Six Rankin County law enforcement officers handcuffed, beat and shocked Jenkins and Parker with Tasers…
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