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Mississippi ex-deputy gets 20-year sentence in racially motivated torture of two Black men

The Black men were tortured by a group known as the "Goon Squad" after a neighbor complained about them staying in a white woman's home.
Hunter Elward received a prison sentence of around 20 years and Jeffrey Middleton, the group's leader, was sentenced to 17.5 years in prison.
Four other former law enforcement officers who participated in the torture are awaiting sentencing, with the judge calling their actions "egregious and despicable.

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BBC News

Six ex-police officers to be sentenced in Mississippi torture case

The two victims were badly beaten and racially abused by police who stormed their Mississippi home.

1 month ago·United Kingdom

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The Guardian

Ex-Mississippi officer gets 20 years for ‘Goon Squad’ torture of two Black men

Five other former officers who admitted to subjecting two Black men to numerous acts of racist torture are due to be sentenced

1 month ago·London, United Kingdom

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CTV News

First of 6 former Mississippi officers sentenced to 20 years in the torture of 2 Black men

Hunter Elward, a former Mississippi sheriff’s deputy who faced the most serious of federal charges against him and five other officers in the torture of two Black men in January 2023, was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday morning.

1 month ago·Canada

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Associated Press News

Mississippi ‘Goon Squad’ deputies get yearslong sentences for racist torture of 2 Black men

Two former Mississippi sheriff’s deputies have each been sentenced for their part in torturing two Black men after a neighbor complained that the men were staying in a home with

1 month ago·United States

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CNN

First of 6 former Mississippi officers sentenced to 20 years in the torture of 2 Black men

1 month ago·Atlanta, United States

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Second of 6 former Mississippi officers sentenced to more than 17 years in the torture of 2 Black men

CNN By Emma Tucker, Ryan Young, Jade Gordon and Shawn Nottingham, CNN Jackson, Mississippi (CNN) — Jeffrey Middleton, the second former law enforcement officer among six who admitted torturing and abusing two Black men in January 2023, was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison by a federal judge Tuesday afternoon. Earlier, one of the other former deputies was sentenced to 20 years; four other former law enforcement officers face sentencing t…

1 month ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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Mississippi ex-deputy gets 20-year sentence in racially motivated torture of two Black men

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Six ex-police officers to be sentenced in Mississippi torture case

Six ex-police officers to be sentenced in Mississippi torture case

Ex-Mississippi officer gets 20 years for ‘Goon Squad’ torture of two Black men

Ex-Mississippi officer gets 20 years for ‘Goon Squad’ torture of two Black men

First of 6 former Mississippi officers sentenced to 20 years in the torture of 2 Black men

First of 6 former Mississippi officers sentenced to 20 years in the torture of 2 Black men

Mississippi ‘Goon Squad’ deputies get yearslong sentences for racist torture of 2 Black men

Mississippi ‘Goon Squad’ deputies get yearslong sentences for racist torture of 2 Black men

First of 6 former Mississippi officers sentenced to 20 years in the torture of 2 Black men

First of 6 former Mississippi officers sentenced to 20 years in the torture of 2 Black men

Second of 6 former Mississippi officers sentenced to more than 17 years in the torture of 2 Black men

Second of 6 former Mississippi officers sentenced to more than 17 years in the torture of 2 Black men

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