Last 2 Mississippi ex-officers to be sentenced for torturing 2 Black men in racist assault

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Sentencing concludes Thursday with the last two former officers in Mississippi who pleaded guilty to breaking into a home without a warrant with four other white policemen and torturing two Black men, an act the judge called “egregious and despicable.” Former Rankin County deputy Brett McAlpin, 53, and former Richland police officer Joshua Hartfield, 32, are set to appear separately before U.S. District Judge Tom Lee. They face lengthy prison terms for attacking the victims with a stun gun, a sex toy and other objects before...