Former Rankin County sheriff's deputy Daniel Opdyke was sentenced to 17.5 years in prison Wednesday. He is the third of six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to subjecting two Black men to torture in 2023. CBS News'
On Tuesday, two fellow officers weresentenced to years in prison. Former sheriff's deputy Hunter Elward received just over a 20-year sentence, while Jeffrey Middleton, another former deputy and the leader of the "Goon Squad" that abused the two men, was handed a 17.5-year prison sen...
U.S. District Judge Tom Lee will sentence two defendants each day, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday after twice delaying the proceedings. An attorney for Jenkins and Parker called Monday for the “stiffest of sentences.” “Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker continue to suffer emotionally and...
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday launched a civil rights probe into the Rankin County Sheriff's Department in Mississippi after several of its former officers known as the "Goon Squad" were prosecuted for tortur...
County Sheriff's Deputy Brett McAlpin to complain about two Black men staying with a White woman. McAlpin told Christian Dedmon, another deputy, who then texted a group of White deputies internally known for using excessive force who called themselves the "Goon Squad," according to prosecutors...