With calls mounting for Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey to resign after six officers pleaded guilty to torturing two Black men, the undersheriff has announced his own resignation.
Six former Rankin County, Miss., officers pleaded guilty to state charges on Monday in Rankin County Circuit Court in connection with the sexual assault and beating of Eddie Terrell Parker and Michael Jenkins.
The torture of Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker in Rankin County cannot be ignored “if fundamental justice is at all a goal,” Russ Latino writes.
The Richland Police Department has fired Officer Joshua Hartfield for allegedly participating in the beating and torture of Michael Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker.
The Rankin County Sheriff’s Department fired five deputies who have been accused of beating and sexually assaulting two Black men, Michael Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker, Sheriff Bryan Bailey announced at a press conference Tuesday.
Attorney Malik Shabazz called for the prosecution of Rankin County deputies who he alleges stormed a house in Braxton, Miss., on Jan. 24, 2023, and executed a “90-minute long intimidation and torture session where excessive force was used gratuitously on the handcuffed men.”
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