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Sheriff says he is ‘ashamed’ after five of his former deputies plead guilty to torture of two Black men (edition.cnn.com)

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A Mississippi sheriff said he was “ashamed” and apologized after five of his former deputies pleaded guilty to charges related to the torture of two Black men.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Those deputies had a record of abuse complaints. I have absolutely no doubt everyone else there either participated in the abuse or participated in covering it up. The whole department needs to be fired, and they need to be prohibited from ever being in any form of law enforcement ever again.