White ex-officers in Mississippi plead guilty to racist assault on 2 Black men during raid

Kristen Clarke, who’s in charge of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, said Thursday “many law enforcement officers work hard to serve the public and to carry out their duties with integrity and professionalism and respect,” but the former Mississippi officers' misconduct “is outrageous and shocks the conscience."

Those who were charged and pleaded guilty in the case are five former Rankin County Sheriff’s Department employees — Christian Dedmon, Hunter Elward, Brett McAlpin, Jeffrey Middleton and Daniel Opdyke — and former Richland police officer Joshua Hartfield, who was off duty when he participated in the raid.

The men walked into the courthouse with family members. Federal marshals took all six into custody and they entered the courtroom with shackles on their wrists and feet. The former officers are scheduled to plead guilty to the state charges on Aug. 14, said Mary-Helen Wall, a deputy state attorney general.The officers initially went to the home in Braxton because a white neighbor had complained that Black people were staying with a white woman who owned the house. The court documents say Parker was a longtime friend of the homeowner and was helping care for her.

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