US: Former Police Against Heavy Penalty for Torture of Two African-Americans · Global Voices

In a 20-year sentence sentenced yesterday Tuesday (19.03.2024) an ex-boyfriend in his state who was found guilty in the trial for the torture case along with five colleagues of two African Americans. Former police officer Hunter Elward and five as his former colleagues — all six are white — were found guilty in August of torturing the victims for nearly two hours, in a shocking incident that had shocked Mississippi. They used a penis, taser, sword and finally a weapon. Officer Elward came to the point of putting his service pistol into one’s mouth and firing, causing him to fracture his jaw. Hunter Elward, 31, was sentenced to serve 241 months in prison. His colleague Jeffrey Middleton, 46, was sentenced to serve 17.5 years in prison. The remaining four defendants will know their sentences today and tomorrow Thursday. Mississippi Goon Squad Officer Sentenced to 20 Years for Torturing Black Men — Tim McBride (@mcbridetd) Federal authorities will guarantee “that police officers who violate constitutional rights and betray citizens’ trust will be accountable,” he stressed in a press release released by his services Justice Minister Maryk Garland. In January 2023, the six police officers, members of a notorious group for its brutality, invaded a house in Braxton, a small town in Mississippi, where suspicious activity had been denounced, according to documents. Two former Mississippi police officials sentenced after riding style to tour of Black men. — ABC News (@ABC) When they found two black men inside, they were handcuffed and exuded with “racist” characterizations. According to the indictment, they raped the one with the dummy and managed 17 electric discharges to the victims with the tasers they brought. They were humiliated by forcing them to swallow alcohol, cooking oil, milk, and other fluids, repeatedly causing virtual drowning. The torture, which lasted almost two hours, culminated when Hunter Elward put his service weapon in one of the two. To scare him, he first pulled the trigger after removing a bullet from the chamber. But he pulled the trigger again and the gun went off, The bullet shattered the victim’s jaw and exited his neck, according to a forensic report included in the indictment. Then the police let their victims lie in blood pools for a while, without calling an ambulance, discussing outside the house how they would cover up what they did. Mississippi officials plead guilty after touring Black men with stun gons and sex toy via The policemen should get a lot longer than 5 yrs!!! This is beyond disgusting for the violence and racial hated them displayed. — Anneliese Newsome (@AnnelieseNewso3) They destroyed the closed surveillance circuit installed at home, the bullet casing and attempted to burn the victims’ clothes to destroy evidence, always during the indictment. They also placed a gas pistol and methamphetamine inside the house to justify their invasion of the house. Then they filed a false report and repeatedly lied to their colleagues and prosecutors who handled the investigation into the case. Before learning his sentence, former police officer Elward turned to the victims, Michael Cory Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker, saying he is “really sorry” and “requests apology”. Mr Parker, flanked by family members and friends, in the front row of the audience seats, replied that “he forgives him”. Media research New York Times and Mississippi Today indicated that African-Americans in Rankin County, where the case unfolded, often suffer police brutality. In response, the state Congress approved last year a draft law allowing the removal of the license to practice police officers charged with racist offences and other violations, even if they do not face criminal prosecutions.