"6 'Goon Squad' Officers Sentenced for Torture of Black Men in Mississippi"

Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers, known as the "Goon Squad," were sentenced to 15 to 45 years in prison on state charges for the racist torture and abuse of two Black men. The men had pleaded guilty to state and federal charges for the attack, which involved verbal abuse, beatings, stun gun assaults, a mock execution, and a cover-up. The victims described the lasting physical and emotional trauma they suffered, and the officers were ordered to pay restitution and surrender their law enforcement certificates.