Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers have been sentenced to 15 to 45 years in state prison for the abuse of two Black men. These sentences will run concurrently with federal sentences ranging from 10 to 40 years that were handed down last month. The ex-officers pleaded guilty after the torture of Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker at a home in January 2023.
The group of White officers raided the home in Braxton without a warrant, subjected the two Black men to racist vitriol, used Tasers on them after they had already been handcuffed, beat them with various objects, and one of them shot Jenkins in the mouth.
