In a disturbing case of police brutality, six former Mississippi officers have pleaded guilty to a combined 13 felonies in connection with the torture and abuse of two Black men, Eddie Parker and Michael Jenkins. The incident, which occurred on January 24, 2023, in Braxton, Mississippi, involved the officers illegally entering the victims' home and subjecting them to a horrific ordeal.
Parker and Jenkins, who had been trying to share their harrowing experience for months, finally saw justice after filing a federal civil rights lawsuit in June. The details of the incident were corroborated by federal prosecutors in August, leading to the guilty pleas of the former officers.
