Mississippi ex-officers sentenced to 20 years for racist torture of two Black men
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- čas přidán 19. 03. 2024
- The former officers were sentenced in federal court after pleading guilty, along with five additional former officers, to a total of 16 charges related to the January 2023 torture of two Black men.
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Are we going to pretend the police chief didn't know exactly what was going on.
Exactly
He knew & did nothing. He ignored his officers being in a gang & now the survivors lives will NEVER be the same. Horrific. The state charges better be LIFE.
Probably all come from legacy Mississippi redneck families.
He needs to be fired.
@@SMcCaskill J A I L E D !!! Premeditated Oath-Breaking in the First Degree.
If six black men did this to two cops the sentence would be life without parole
Totally agree
100%!!! This is disgusting and another slap on the wrist for what they do to these men
Nah, we wouldnt even hear about it.
@@matthewitt2276not only would we hear about it we would hear about the first anniversary the second anniversary the 3rd anniversary it would be on the news every single night
And their family harassed.
He shot that man, for no reason. Was his life in danger, no. He just had a big belly full of racist ignorance and a corrupt badge to carry out his attempted murder.
100%. Our law enforcement must be held to the same standards as every citizen.. as they are citizens, with a badge .
@@hottomek7423they should be held even higher because of the badge
@@markray6113 that’s not how things work.. these people throw their normal life’s away to be in danger for the public benefit. There are SOME officers that decide to use their power for evil, but that doesn’t mean we can give them life or charge them more than a regular criminal.. we don’t even do that for politicians that commit crimes lol. I agree they need ti be held accountable but if cops find out they will be given harsher sentences than the criminals they are sent to capture? They will not sign up for the job. I hope you know that all over this country we have a LEO shortage and it’s only getting worse. This would make that 10x worse.
@@hottomek7423they should be held to a higher standard, I've always said police should get twice the sentence a civilian would get since it's a breach of trust to the community they've sworn to protect.
@@seana2375 My reply to the other dude got deleted by someone... I go on to state this would not work. We already have a major shortage of LEO in this country. Upping the fear of getting imprisoned longer than the criminals you are sent out to face? Yeah, no. Its not logical, nor fair. They should receive maximum punishment for the crimes they commit. If they kill someone, 2nd degree, if they are driving on their phone, reckless endangerment.
But you can't just double the sentence and expect to have cops that still want to do the work. As you know, cops are essentially our mafia, and ALL of their work is technically 'illegal' its just we deem it necessary and give these people the badge of rights to do it.
Who was the neighbor who called? Charge them too.
Makes sense that reporting anything requires an investigation. But that can deter anonymous tips and informants that can lead to solving cold cases.
Yup! “Suspicious behavior” my ass. Sounds like a goon squad informant
"Callin' da poe-lease on black pee-poe iz racist".
Get F'ed
The neighbor reported that it was a black man living with a white woman. That was the specious behavior they left that part out..
why? lol Like they knew the cops being sent would do this. Virtue signaling doesnt compensate for common sense in this case, sorry.
Mississippi send people to prison for 50 years if they were a getaway driver in a homicide…These cops kidnapped, tortured, sexually assaulted, and then attempted to murder at least one of the men placing a gun in his mouth and pulling the trigger, before attempting to frame them…And they will serve less than 15 years…What is wrong with this country?!
Corruption and greed and racism ,etc
The south is a shithole
@@mm-dl8ujThey’re not the only ones doing it…their skin color is just lighter..so are you asking for equal rights to crime?
@@DiddyDidIt lol you people will say anything to deflect accountability 🤦♂️🤡
@@mm-dl8uj Blk in Blk crime is worse…that’s all I’m saying. Show the same outrage.
20 years for sticking a gun in someone's mouth and pulling the trigger that's a slap in the face, also he said he was sorry if he really was he would have apologized before yesterday, and he said he was sorry that's not the same as asking for forgiveness, now the ex cop will get more sympathy because he said he was sorry than the victims, I would also like to know if the neighbor who called a d said they were there with white women was charged with anything
Totally agree
Look at the sentence these animals got. Tell me thats fair? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murders_of_Channon_Christian_and_Christopher_Newsom
They should all have life in prison for attempted 2nd degree murder.
if they werent cops they would have been given life sentences most likely. 1st degree attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, rape, destruction of evidence, false imprisonment etc edit: oh ya i forgot, torture...
1 st degree murder as he planned to harm him as they drove to the house. 20 years? Not enough! Somebody's waiting for him in prison and it will be toe to toe in the middle of the cell
So…the maximum sentence was supposed to be 25 to life and they didn’t even get the 25.
Just disgusting
Yep. It's ridiculous. They should get life in prison. They almost killed those two people. Justice system is broken.
Yeah wtf is this sentence??? Who is this judge?? These officers were goons, a GANG, and everyone knew & did nothing
We need more cops like this. All criminals need a beating!!! I applaud these officers 👏 👏👏👏👏👏
They’ll both be out in under 5 …. BS Cop Codes in the prison system
I moved out of Mississippi more than three decades ago. So many people there simply don’t realize you don’t have to live in such a bad place. LEAVE!
🇺🇸💙💙💙💙💙
Me, too! That place is NASTY! Jackson is a DISGUSTING city.
My skin crawled every time I would drive through MS along the I-10 corridor when I traveled between Texas and the East Coast.
@@wjb4578 There's so much poverty in Mississippi.
@@phampton16thats kinda a childish view like poor people can just afford to move 🤦♂️
Can you imagine how many times they did that and got away with it
Exactly
Second amendment🤷
@@Theuglytruth17763/5 of a man
Yes I fully understand the situation. They love doing this and love to get away with this all because of their precious immunity which is their most powerful and only weapon they ever have. It's the only thing that saves them. Sooner or later, their immunity won't save them. It will turn against them soon. Because power is neutral.
Hundreds of times.
Their sentence is RIDICULOUS! too short! This absolutely would not be what a group of black men would get. What a pathetic shame this judge is.
They forgot to charge them with criminalized organization Federal hate crimes that's what they should have done
It is actually a long time. Let's see you do 17+ years like it's a breeze.
They need to be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. Period. End of story.
I'm immigrant here so more neutral. You blacks are killing whites 100 times more than other way around. And in many cases you get smaller sentences.
@@tyrese3745 Do it worth for black at white crime to that is 100 times bigger.
Apologize to the victims? GTFO ...i dont accept ur apology
That's what they always do, they want to apologize because we always publicly forgive them.
forgiveness is over rated
He is only apologizing to the victims because he got caught in the act and got fired and charged. That's why he is sorry. He is not sorry. Cops who does this crap and try to lie to get away with this are nothing but abominations. All they wanted is sympathy.
@@commiesnzombies exactly 💯
I strongly believe in forgiveness and redemption, but whether or not it is genuine is for God to determine. No leniency is acceptable in this case. Unless the apology came before he was arrested for the crime, we can reasonably assume it is purely self-serving. Only after time has passed can we readdress that.
May the victims find healing, peace, and perhaps in time, forgiveness.
These sociopathic cops need to be in prison for more than 20 years. This is evil.
Sociopathic cop is a redundant term. That’s just a cop
Oh wow, what a bad ass, brave, and stunning comment. I'm sure you'll get lots of approval from your woke lemmings for that one !@@chrisperez3614
Plenty of sociopaths in the ghetto. What happens to them?
African Americans living in a poor area don't have anything to do with this. Your gas lighting tactic is weak.
@MrRAGE-md5rj
"Plenty of sociopaths in the ghetto. What happens to them?"
Apparently they are hired as policemen in Mississippi
The, "suspicious behavior," the neighbors called was?
Also, to beat and to sexually assault someone is far more egregious than being a, "goon." That's a coward right there.
being black
I wondered the same thing!! What was so suspicious about them being AT HOME?!
Absolutely totally agree 💯
The suspicious behavior was they were dating a white chick
Good ol' racist Mississippi. When I heard what these two pigs did it was not a shock what state they were from.
This is one of the most blatant abuses of power and everyone involved should’ve been charged to the fullest degree to make an example out of them.
Exactly 💯💯
Life sentences should've been given out
@joshuamurelio6654 I agree. Who knows if they also treated Latinos in a similar manner.
As a side note, thank you for using “should’ve” instead of “should have”.
@@stanford-nf4jk ''Should have'' = A-OK.
''Should of'' = NO no no no no!
@ccrider3435 You’re right. Autocorrect changed it on me. I can’t even type it wrong! Lol
Have an awesome day! ✌️
THEY ALL should have been CHARGED WITH a HATE CRIME !!!
Absolutely 💯💯💯
Shut up
Or charged as domestic terrorists.
@@Kosher_Slider I say they should be given an award
No
There is zero requirements besides a GED to be a police officer in Mississippi. That's where the problems begin.
Are you sure that even a GED is required?
I hear all you need is to be in the RED party
Don’t fool yourself. Neither party would piss on any of us if we where on fire. @@l.b.9567
there is a cop like this in every city
This is not sarcasm. There really is.
10x as many in the South and Midwest lmao don't lump in West Coast w them
Well, there are bad people in every city and town too.
They really expect us to believe that these 6 guys were torturing people for 20 freakin' years *but somehow, NOBODY ELSE in the department knew ANYTHING about it???*
Oh I'm sure as hell they knew
The prosecutor wanted to give them less time and the judge gave them more time .
That apology is worthless. The only sorrow "the goonies" feel is sorry for themselves that they got caught.
The former officers need to face international human rights tribunal.
Sexual assault???? What omg... And shot that dude in the mouth???? These are demons
No. They're Christians.
This is the most disgusting news.I have heard about our law enforcement.Well we all know how racist mississippi is and it is unbelievable to do that to these two men how horrible
"Let's go to the body cam footage !!!!!"😂
The usual suspects
valid
Yep, once again the police show their true colors.
@@randal_gibbonsjust without the pointy white hats now.
Facts
Lol cope
Laws can change all they want regarding racism, but if the racist mentality is still intact then really nothing has changed
Say it louder for the whole world in the back!👏🏾
Biiingooow!
💯🎯💯🎯
I asked my mom why racism wouldn’t go away, and she said because people teach their children racism! I guess she’s right. A lot of people don’t think this in way anymore but a lot of people still do and it seems very backward and archaic.
Steel Talk.
WHAT ABOUT ALL THOSE BLACKS BURIED IN UNMARKED GRAVES BEHIND SOME JAIL .........💙☮️🙏🇺🇸✝️
No surprise that is definitely Mississippi’s Republican police department, absolutely disgusting
I hope they get convicted on state charges as well. Federal cases are subject to presidential pardon, and god knows what kind of president can hold office in the future.
Yeah remember when Joe said poor kids are just as smart as white kids.
Yeah--just look at the current resident.
That's why it's so important to vote and Blue! This happening in Mississippi is not surprising just like Alabama and Arkansas. I'm white and you would never catch me in any of those places let alone I really try to stay away from any red states when I could travel and wasn't sick. I find this so atrocious ! Such evil live among us and I'm sorry and feel for those who have to fear this and live through this! All the cops involved should pay dearly in there!
@@sallyl5071 in a blue state, the cops would have been put on paid leave with a slap on the wrist.
@@sallyl5071 and that's why you get laughed at when you pay the toll.
I'm 71 & this IS the worst story I've ever read about Happening IN MY lifetime. I It's been happening &no one spoke up? hope these men het a ton of cash out of that community bcz wow-they deserve justice. Sexual abuse by men on men? Homoerotic torture. Dear lord Mississippi is 1 sick -not the good type of sick- state.
If you are 71 you either lied or was secluded from reality no way u haven’t heard or literally seen worse! I’m much younger and have seen and read about much worser happening to blacks
As if "sorry" is going to make up for it. Smh. 😠
The neighbor who called that's probably one that they see every week at their weekly meetings accelerant but he knows these guys
Did the report say the officers also SEXUALLY assaulted the victims? My goodness! Oh, what evil!
Yes. I read the indictment report and yes, they did. Sick and depraved men. (Btw, the SA was not the absolute worst form it could've been, but it still had to be demeaning.)
The victims were sodomized with sex toys, and none of the officers were indicted on that crime.
prison will be painful
JUSTICE
Karma
Not as painful if they were just regular citizens. The will be placed in a special section of a prison in protective custody with other law enforcement and snitches etc...
They are ex cops probably would be given a coffe n outing by the colleagues@@ledwallet1944
@@ledwallet1944they will go to outings n.will get involved in swatting
About time some officers are being held accountable
Yeah but they didn’t even get the minimum of 25 years … some judge definitely took it easy on them
And a $400 million civil rights lawsuit doesn’t come out of their pockets at all, unfortunately
Barely
20yrs is a joke, In reality he'll probably only do five or ten years. This just goes to show you how little they value black life.
@@chameliosalamander8029 that's racist of you to imply they only targeted black people. I can assure you they hit whoever they wanted as long as they knew a cheap lawyer would be handling the case. These criminals were/are power hungry and were/are intent on promoting themselves. Prison won't stop it. It will fuel it.
I'm sure they will be protected in prison. Devils!
Throw away the key. Disgusting.
Standard cop behavior
……in the southern United States, where the racist confederate flag STILL flies.
SMFH!!
@@dr.jamesolack8504 Drop the word "Southern."
@@dr.jamesolack8504 "Some of those that work forces... are the same that burn crosses" ~Rage Against the Machine
To everyone, not just minorities
@dr.jamesolack8504 you don't get to tell other people what a symbol means to them
That truck driver in Colorado got sentenced to 110 years in prison because CDL holders are held at a higher standard when preforming their duties
These Officers are also held at a higher standard so why a light sentence based of what all they done
Mississippi sucks
It really does
@@tobiashoyden2644 yup racist people police over there
As does TX, LA, AL, GA, AR, TN, KY, SC, NC and most of FL. No offense if I left anyone out…..
@@dr.jamesolack8504 there may be more
@@dr.jamesolack8504 I agree. Way too many animals in those states. That's why I moved to Montana! 😂
That’s horrible and disgusting. I feel they deserve more time because they knew what they were doing and did it intentionally. Praying 🙏🏾 for full justice in this case. ❤️🩹
The caller must go to jail too .....
Making a false report is one thing, but the caller didn’t even use official channels. She called one of the officers personally, because she expected excessive force to be dished out.
As Malcolm said "We will never organize a Black man to support a Democrat or Republican because they have both sold us out." And his words also apply to those of us who are part of the white working class as well. Malcolm was a leader whose political perspective we ALL need to review because the poverty-pimps in both parties will be claiming in November that THEY are the best fox to guard the hen house. We need strong, militant unions in EVERY workplace; in every community as a start.
It better be a billion dollar verdict.
This is a criminal case against the police so the victim won’t be awarded anything. The money would come from the city in a civil case.
Apologies because he was caught.
No doubt.
Just imagine how long they've been doing this and getting away with it.
I don't think I would want to know. I Can Only Imagine
20 yrs..17 yrs .. sexual assault, torture and shot...AND they planted a weapon. IF these men had done the same thing to these officers, im certain they wouldve gotten WAYYYYY more time. SMDH... United States of Amerikkka
Man I think this the craziest thing I’ve heard the police do , how am I just hearing about this ?
I was just thinking the same thing
Racists cops in prison? Won't be having a good time
Anything less than life is unacceptable!
📠
20 yrs?? And 17.5? Yrs u cannot make this up smh
They'll be out on parole and will high five each other for their crimes and still have 20-40 years of freedom.
Sentences are way too lenient!!!!!!
This is business as usual. In various degrees. Just very few ever get caught. They are good at covering up and lying for each other.
How are they not sentence to life in prison smh what they did was disgusting a modern day lynching smh
Life in prison, especially without parole is usually reserved for murder cases
@@RB01.10They still should have got 30 years at least. One of them attempted murder. If this was a civilian (dare I say a black man) you and I know they would have received a much harsher punishment.
@@lembas. Maybe, but I think they were probably looking at more time had it gone to trial had they not taken or been offered the plea deal.
@@RB01.10 They got sweetheart deals for being cops.
@@lembas. Maybe, but at least they’re going to serve time in prison. They didn’t get acquitted like the Rodney King officers (albeit Koon and Powell did serve a couple years in 1993 in the federal trial), the one who killed Eric Garner, or the ones who killed Amadou Diallo.
Was the people that called the police on the tortured men also arrested and charged?
I doubt they could’ve known what the police were going to do though
@@RB01.10that’s exactly why the caller called one of the defendants personally as opposed to reporting it through a proper call.
Now I've heard that when police officers, sheriffs in this case are incarcerated they're mercilessly pestered by the other inmates.
Pin cushion treatment
Justice will be served in prison...
No the ab will keep them protected
Thugs in blue
Terrorists in blue
Charge dat racist neighbor....KAREN should had mind her own dam business
They can't.
@@FABRIC8TIONUNLIMITE1 They are working on making it illegal to call the police on criminals.
No
Not surprising they tried to cover their crime. This is why so many people distrust law enforcement
This is terrible. Cops should be protecting not torturing. Despicable. They gonna have a hard time in pound town
Been to a Mississippi jail, I learned my lesson for good
This is why police are so dangerous
Cops behind bars, possibly celled with men they locked up? Good luck with that. Goon squad, meet booty squad. 😂😂😂😂
All of these goons should be sentenced to life in prison.
Exactly
I PRAY they SUE them for a BILLION DOLLARS,,,,,,
What, no there's no police problem in America
What a disgrace to law enforcement!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They will get their justice in prison . You never forgive people that do that kind of stuff !!!!!!!!
Law enforcement has become a disgrace.
Seems like an awful small amount of time for kidnapping, torture and attempted murder. This is the true coverup!
They took off the white robes and pointy hat and are now wearing police uniforms
They will be for forced
to watch reruns of
The View until they die
Wouldn't this be considered a "Ricco" case since this gang actually initiated in organized crime?
This isn't their first rodeo, I'm sure. They've probably been doing stuff like this for years... but their victims were either not believed, or too scared to say anything.
Nothing more disgusting than a corrupt law enforcement officer in America🤬
I guess we’re just supposed to act like it’s only one bad apple doing that right? I think it’s the whole damn tree.
They gonna be real popular in the cell block!
Empty apology. Dehumanizing torture, healing to the two men.
When will our people STOP forgiving these devils and pray for God's hands of justice to be placed on them?
It is becoming absolutely disgusting!!!
Wow those criminals need to get life in prison.💯🇺🇸
Absolutely
No
Facts. I’ve never heard of any this outrageous in my life.
They know you coming... You'll need that same energy... 😁
The brothers waiting for them in jail.
Mind blowing. Here we are, over 2 decades into the 21st century, and "Mississippi Burning" is still a thing.
disgusting!!!
Nothing to see here. This is one of the few cases that come to the light of day. *Steel Talk*
The fucked up part is that there's plenty of prisoners in other prisons going through the same BS.
ABC let Faith report, hmmm wonder why.... also 0:12 "pepper traded".
And why is the victim jumping up telling them he forgives them!!! 😢
Holding in hate and anger will only destroy the person, nothing good comes from it.
That’s the sign of a broken man.
@@zeroturn7091 Not true, as I said holding onto hate will just destroy the person. It does no one any good.
Forgiveness is simply a way to move on, it’s not giving the ones who wronged you a pass.
Life’s too short to be pissed off, hateful, and bitter all the time.
Forgiveness is a sign of strength
No apology to those two men that you did what you did to with an officer's uniform on apology not accepted never accepted for doing something like this to another human being
Federal sentences no "time off"; 85% of time served.
Anyone can be a victim of police brutality. White, black, yellow, gay, straight. Don't think it can't happen to you.
True but the history of police brutality started with black people. They created the kkk and police to terrorize black people after slavery.
It's Mississippi. What do you expect?
Can we stop forgiving these devils. When you do that you’re giving them the green light to do it to you again.
These losers should never have been hired in law enforcement.
They traded in their pointy white hats for red baseball caps.
It's never mentioned in the reporting, but _you know_ who those cops voted for.
?
Biden.@@matthewsanchez7953
@@MichelleRomero-lf1nu don't you have a red hat?
They may be Biden supporters He's a worse Racist than Trump .
The DOJ under Garland should be doing more. This is a HATE CRIME!!
Yeah Garland unft turned into imo a big dissapointment! Better than a republican but still wtf
Black on White crime is a hate crime too, but you never see news stories about it...
@@sallyl5071I don't know why you all still buy into Dems' good cop act. Kamala bragged about keeping people incarcerated as cheap labor to fight fires . Red States like Mississippi and Louisiana are bad but remember, blue States are just as bad.
Chicago, under Rahm Emanuel, gunned down an unarmed man and literally had black sites to torture people, waterboarding included. LA police are full of many rogue gangs
Oh but racism doesn't exist anymore we had a black president remember? Yeah right...
Mandatory prison is a great start. Should have been longer. But as to the lawsuit, the Mississippi taxpayers will have to pay dearly.
Rankin County to be specific. I couldn’t think of a more deserving place.
Of course this wasn't an isolated incident. How many supervisors, prosectors, town & state officials looked the other way while this was going on? Each one of them should be prosecuted as an accomplice also. If all of the enablers are held accoutable this sort of think might stop.
Agreed
I doubt it was a one off
Im tired of Ns
That neighbor who called in the first place should also be charged as well.
Not to make light of this..but that lady literally said "pepper-trated" @ 0:11 in.
😂Lol. She did. I totally didn't notice that.
Bet they all have Trump flags and MAGA hats at home.
I bet you have a butt plug in your ass as you were typing that