POLICE BRUTALITY

Mississippi State-Sponsored Lynch Mob Pleads Guilty

Six police officers in Mississippi known as the “Goon Squad” are going to prison after pleading guilty to state and federal charges

Arturo Dominguez
Momentum
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6 min readAug 17, 2023

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On January 24th, police responded to a call made by a neighbor about two Black men living with a white woman. Once at the scene, six officers who called themselves the “Goon Squad,” raided the home and proceeded to handcuff, beat, tase, and waterboard Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell for two hours. Sadly, the incident didn’t end there.

The officers attempted to sexually abuse the men with a dildo while shouting racial slurs, and one of the officers put a gun in Jenkins’s mouth and pulled the trigger in what was described as a “mock” execution. The bullet exited Jenkin’s neck but not before striking his tongue and breaking his jaw. The cops then planted drugs and a BB gun at the scene in an effort to cover up their crimes.

On August 3rd, the six former law enforcement officers pleaded guilty to 16 federal charges that include civil rights conspiracy, deprivation of rights under color of law, discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence, conspiracy to obstruct justice, and obstruction of justice, according to a Department of…

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Arturo Dominguez
Momentum

Journalist covering Congress, Racial Justice, Human Rights, Cuba, Texas | Editor: The Antagonist Magazine |