Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers, all of whom are white, have pleaded guilty to state charges for torturing two Black men in a racist assault. The officers entered a house without a warrant in January and handcuffed and assaulted the two men with stun guns, a sex toy, and other objects. They mocked the victims with racial slurs during a 90-minute torture session and then attempted to cover up their crimes by planting drugs and a gun. The charges against the victims were not dropped until June, with the involvement of federal and state investigators. The six officers admitted their guilt in a connected federal civil rights case as well.

The officers, who nicknamed themselves the "Goon Squad," face recommended sentences of between five and 30 years, although the judge is not bound by these suggestions. Time served for the state convictions will run concurrently with the potentially longer federal sentences they may receive in November. The victims, Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker, were present at the hearing and were embraced by the mother of Damien Cameron, a Black man who died in one of the officer's custody in 2021. This case has been referred to as the worst case of police brutality by local Sheriff Bryan Bailey.