The ‘Goon Squad’ case yielded stiff federal sentences. Still, some Black Mississippians wonder how much has really changed By Emma Tucker, CNN 8 minute read ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Six white former law enforcement officers in Mississippi have pleaded guilty to a racist assault on Michael Corey Jenkins and his friend Eddie Terrell Parker, who are Black ...

The Mississippi deputies, dubbed the “Goon Squad,” who were sent to federal prison in the torture of two Black men have been exposed for a nasty thread of text messages with their colleagues ...

However, the officers didn’t call themselves the “Goon Squad” for nothing. Prosecutors say their nickname was inspired by their schemes of covering up excessive force incidents.

A Mississippi man has come forward saying he was beaten by a known member of the “Goon Squad” and other law enforcement officers, according to a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday.