Two Former Mississippi Police Officers, Members Of “Goon Squad,” Sentenced For Torturing Black Men

Two Former Mississippi Police Officers, Members Of “Goon Squad,” Sentenced For Torturing Black Men

Essence Magazine:

By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated March 20, 2024

On Tuesday, a federal judge sentenced two former Mississippi police officers, who were members of the self-titled “Goon Squad,” for torturing two Black men last year.

Ex-sheriff’s deputies Hunter Elward and Jeffrey Middleton, who are both white, pled guilty along

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