"Horrendous": Black Men Tortured By White Mississippi Police “Goon Squad” React to Guilty Pleas

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Published 2023-08-09

Six white former police officers in Mississippi who called themselves the "Goon Squad" have pleaded guilty to raiding a home on false drug charges and torturing two Black men while yelling racist slurs at them, and then trying to cover it up. We speak with Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker about how, on January 24, six deputies in Braxton, Mississippi, raided the home they were staying in and attacked them, and how they are speaking out to demand justice. Meanwhile, the deputies have been linked to at least four violent attacks on Black men since 2019, in which two of the men died. We also speak with civil rights attorney Malik Shabazz, who is representing Jenkins and Parker in a federal lawsuit against the Rankin County Sheriff's Department. Shabazz asserts that the majority-white Rankin County, which is 20 miles away from majority-Black Jackson, Mississippi, is "infested with white supremacists" who "have decided 'Rankin County is for whites'" and seek to enforce it through state-sanctioned violence and torture, overseen and covered up by Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey. "We demand that Bryan Bailey step down," says Shabazz. Parker adds, "We want justice for everyone that has gone through this with Rankin County."

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All Comments (21)

@AT-gu8by 11 months ago

The caller who instigated the whole attack, should go to jail too!
@annb5610 11 months ago

Why is this not NATIONAL NEWS!!!!!
@melbamartinez2183 4 months ago

The person who called is equally responsiable, and is a co-conspirator.Why are they not being charged
@matthewtaylor3078 4 months ago

I was falsely accused and charged with a crime at 19 in Louisiana i also was falsely accused and charged with multiple serious felony crimes when i was 21. Those charges held me back in life for almost 10 years until they were finally dropped! I got hurt on a job in 2018 owned by whites couldn't work for almost 6 years and still struggling! I never got workers comp! I tried disability got denied for years until i just gave up! Never got 1 cent for my injury! If you don't know the feeling of getting f****d over as a black man then u won't never know! 🙏🙏
@steveladner4346 11 months ago

Who thinks the sheriff didn't know what's been happening in his county? He needs to be in jail with the other deputies.
@jlove8441 11 months ago

For them to do that as cops, imagine what they’ve done all these past years
@curtisowens4588 4 months ago

The reporter left out the neighbor called because they were staying with a white woman. This will never stop it is just so sad and scary.
@zairetahj3220 4 months ago

I’m confused when is the neighbor who made the call being arrested and sentence, they are to be blame just as much..
@ethelparis2255 11 months ago

lock up the person that called about two black man living in the house
@ianbattles7290 4 months ago

Just imagine how many people have been abused/framed by the police but had no way to prove it...
@MatthewJohnBaptist 4 months ago

Imagine how many more sociopaths have badges and guns. 50%? 75%?
@unknown.8841 4 months ago

I don't understand yet why the officer who shot him in the mouth wasn't charged with attempted murder..
@joancook55 11 months ago

these cops need to be sent to the general population in prison
@henryerrol1 11 months ago

Pure evil. The whole department should be investigated. Arresting these officers is not enough. They felt comfortable that they could get away with this. It’s a culture is who they are disgusting.🇺🇸😡
@Numba_Five 4 months ago

Keep that same “goon squad” energy while you in there💯😂
@pollybaker8456 4 months ago

Great job guys for speaking up and may God bless you both and your family for your strength ❤
@childofGodsKingdom 11 months ago

Sheriff Bailey needs to be held responsible. He knew the level of hatred his men held for blk men! He feels the same way!
@i-tiyahman6519 4 months ago

20 years only WTF the whole gang should get LIFE IN JAIL
@troyfrancois8012 4 months ago

Can anyone help me understand why the person who made the call has not been arrested or identified?
@glitzy8165 4 months ago

And Elwood had the colossal nerve to apologize. It's not just Mississippi.