Ex-law officers plead guilty to charges of torturing two Black men in US
Posted on AllSides August 14th, 2023
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Six white officers have agreed to sentences of between five and 30 years, recommended by Mississippi prosecutors. Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers, all of whom are white, have pleaded guilty to state charges for torturing two Black men in a racist assault in the United States. All six had also recently admitted their guilt in a connected federal civil rights case. They appeared in a Rankin County courtroom in Brandon, Mississippi, on Monday. The men include five former Rankin County sheriff’s deputies — Brett McAlpin, Hunter Elward, Christian Dedmon,...
