Former ‘Goon Squad’ officers sentenced for violent civil rights offenses in Mississippi

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Senior National Correspondent Former Mississippi Sheriff’s Deputy Hunter Elward received a 20-year prison sentence on Tuesday, March 19, for the torture of two Black men in 2023. Elward pleaded guilty in August to federal charges of discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence, conspiracy against rights, deprivation of […] The post Former ‘Goon Squad’ officers sentenced for violent civil rights offenses in Mississippi appeared first on North Dallas Gazette.