3rd Mississippi "Goon Squad" officer sentenced for torturing Black menFormer 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 ...
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...
After Dedmon summoned “The Goon Squad,” the officers crept around the ranch-style home to avoid a surveillance camera. They kicked down the carport door and burst inside without a warrant. Opdyke found a sex toy, which he mounted on a nearby BB g...
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 tortu...
Court documents said the officers gave themselves the Goon Squad nickname "because of their willingness to use excessive force" and "not to report it." Those charged in the case are former Rankin County Sheriff's Department employees Christian Dedmon, Hunter Elward, Brett McAlpin, Jeffrey Middle...