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Fifth and sixth ex-officers sentenced to federal prison in ‘Goon Squad’ case

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A federal judge on Thursday sentenced two more former law enforcement officers in Mississippi to long prison terms for their participation last year in a racist assault on two Black men by six White officers.

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The Washington Post

Fifth and sixth ex-officers sentenced to federal prison in ‘Goon Squad’ case

A judge sentenced White former Mississippi officers Brett McAlpin to more than 27 years in prison and Joshua Hartfield to 10 years for an assault on two Black men

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Malay Mail

Mississippi ‘Goon Squad’ officer jailed 27 years for racist attack

WASHINGTON, March 22 — A former Mississippi sheriff’s deputy who took part in the torture of two Black men with fellow white officers who called themselves the “Goon Squad” was sentenced to 27 years in prison yesterday. Brett McAlpin, four other former members of the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department and a former member of the Richland Police Department pleaded guilty in August to multiple offences. McAlpin, 53, and Joshua Hartfield, 32, the Ri…

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Nashville PRIDE, Inc.

Former ‘Goon Squad’ Officers Sentenced for Violent Civil Rights Offenses in Mississippi - Nashville PRIDE, Inc.

Former Mississippi Sheriff’s Deputy Hunter Elward received a 20-year prison sentence on Tuesday, March 19, for the torture of two Black men… The post Former ‘Goon Squad’ Officers Sentenced for Violent Civil Rights Offenses in Mississippi appeared first on Nashville PRIDE, Inc..

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Verite

Goon Squad hearings reveal culture of violence in Mississippi sheriff’s office

By Brian Howey and Nate Rosenfield, Mississippi Today Brian Howey and Nate Rosenfield are examining the power of sheriffs’ offices in Mississippi as part of The Times’s Local Investigations Fellowship. Sentencing hearings this week for six law enforcement officers, some of whom were members of the Goon Squad, revealed a disturbing portrait of a Mississippi sheriff’s department that encouraged deputies to use extreme violence as a policing tool. …

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jurist.org

Fourth Mississippi ‘Goon Squad’ member sentenced for involvement in assault of Black men

A federal judge in Mississippi sentenced former Rankin County sheriff’s deputy Christian Dedmon to 40 years in prison on Wednesday, making Dedmon the fourth in a string of sentences for deputies who pled guilty for their role in the January 2023 beating and torture of two Black men. Dedmon pleaded guilty alongside five other deputies of the self-titled “Goon Squad,” including Daniel Opdyke, who was sentenced to 17.5 years in prison earlier on We…

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Mississippi Today

Goon Squad Hearings Reveal Culture of Violence in Mississippi Sheriff’s Office

Brian Howey and Nate Rosenfield are examining the power of sheriffs’ offices in Mississippi as part of The Times’s Local Investigations Fellowship. Sentencing hearings this week for six law enforcement officers, some of whom were members of the Goon Squad, revealed a disturbing portrait of a Mississippi sheriff’s department that encouraged deputies to use extreme violence as a policing tool. Prosecutors, along with several of the deputies who we…

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