How rogue Mississippi officers tried to cover up their torture of 2 Black men

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Six white former Mississippi law enforcement officers kept quiet for months as pressure mounted from a federal investigation of their racist torture of two Black men.

Jermicha Fomby, special agent in charge of the FBI Jackson field office, speaks to reporters about an investigation into six white former law enforcement officers in Mississippi, in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. The six former officers who called themselves the “Goon Squad” pleaded guilty to a racist assault on two Black men in a home raid that ended with an officer shooting one man in the mouth.

Michael Corey Jenkins stands outside Taylor Hill Church in Braxton, Miss., March 18, 2023. Six former law enforcement officers in Mississippi have been charged with federal civil rights offenses against two Black men who were brutalized for more than an hour during a home raid before an officer allegedly shot one of the men in the mouth. The charges were unsealed Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, as the former officers, all of whom are white, appeared in federal court. U.S. Attorney Darren J.

An anti-police brutality activist looks back at the entrance to the Rankin County Sheriff’s Office in Brandon, Miss., Wednesday, July 5, 2023, as the group called for the termination and prosecution of Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey for running a law enforcement department that allegedly terrorizes and brutalizes minorities. In this image taken from video, Christian Dedmon, a former sheriff’s deputy in Rankin County, Miss.,, walks into the federal courthouse in Jackson, Miss.

Activists march towards the Rankin County Sheriff’s Office in Brandon, Miss., Wednesday, July 5, 2023, calling for the termination and prosecution of Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey for running a law enforcement department that allegedly terrorizes and brutalizes minorities. Activists march towards the Rankin County Sheriff’s Office in Brandon, Miss., Wednesday, July 5, 2023, calling for the termination and prosecution of Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey for running a law enforcement department that allegedly terrorizes and brutalizes minorities.

 

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