Former MS law enforcement officers Daniel Opdyke and Christian Dedmon are to be sentenced for torturing two Black men, and new information came out about a past assault of Dedmon's.
Sentencing continues Wednesday for white former law enforcement officers in Mississippi who pleaded guilty last year to breaking into a home without a warrant and torturing two Black men with a stun gun, a sex toy and other objects. Daniel Opdyke, 28, and Christian Dedmon, 29, are set to appear separately before U.S. District Judge Tom Lee. They face lengthy prison terms. On Tuesday, Lee gave a nearly 20-year prison sentence to 31-year-old Hunter Elward and a 17.
Another former deputy, Brett McAlpin, 53, and a former Richland police officer, Joshua Hartfield, 32, are set for sentencing Thursday. The former officers admitted months ago that they tortured Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker. Elward admitted to shoving a gun into Jenkins’ mouth and firing in a 'mock execution' that went awry. In a statement Tuesday, Attorney General Merrick Garland condemned the 'heinous attack on citizens they had sworn an oath to protect.
Elward and Middlelton were emotional as they apologized in court. Elward’s attorney, Joe Hollomon, said his client first witnessed Rankin County deputies turn a blind eye to misconduct in 2017. 'Hunter was initiated into a culture of corruption at the Rankin County Sheriff’s Office,' Hollomon said. For months, Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey, whose deputies committed the crimes, said little about the episode.
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