The six former officers were already sentenced to decades on federal charges.
Former Rankin County sheriff's deputies Hunter Elward, Christian Dedmon, Brett McAlpin, Jeffrey Middleton, Daniel Opdyke and former Richland police officer Joshua Hartfield appearing at the Rankin County Circuit Court in Brandon, Miss., Aug. 14, 2023.
Eddie Parker, left, and Michael Jenkins, right, speak out with their attorney Malik Shabazz during a press conference on March 18, 2024 in Jackson, Miss.In their guilty pleas, the six former officers admitted to breaking into a home where Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker were residing without a warrant after a white neighbor reported that the men were staying with a white woman and alleged "suspicious" activity.
"I'm appreciative of my lawyers fighting for us ... all our family man, they've been riding with us. It's been, it's been up and down and up and down. It's still up and down," he added. "Still a roller coaster man, we're gonna go ride this thing out." "The depravity of the crimes committed by these defendants cannot be overstated, and they will now spend between 10 and 40 years in prison for their heinous attack on citizens they had sworn to protect," U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement on March 21."Officers who violate constitutional rights will be held accountable by the Justice Department for their crimes that harm individual victims and betray the trust of entire communities," he added.
"Bryan Bailey is ultimately responsible for all of the actions of the Goon Squad because they -- he -- should have been doing his job. He should have been monitoring his department," Malik Shabazz, the lead attorney representing the victims, said.Former Rankin County sheriff's deputies Hunter Elward, Christian Dedmon, Brett McAlpin, Jeffrey Middleton, Daniel Opdyke and former Richland police officer Joshua Hartfield appearing at the Rankin County Circuit Court in Brandon, Miss.
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