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Mississippi
has
always
been
a
hotbed
of
controversy
when
it
comes
to
race
and
civil
rights
issues
and
absolutely
nothing
has
changed
since
the
days
that
Martin
Luther
King,
Jr.
had
a
dream.
BOSSIP
previously
reported
on
the
police
brutality
and
sexual
abuse
of
two
Black
men,
Michael
Corey
Jenkins
and
Eddie
Terrell
Parker,
who
suffered
at
the
hands
of
five
Rankin
County
Sheriff’s
deputies
known
as
“The
Goon
Squad”
consisting
of
Brett
McAlpin,
Christian
Dedmon,
Hunter
Elward,
Jeffrey
Middleton,
Daniel
Opdyke.
Another
officer,
Joshua
Hartfield
of
the
Richland
Police
Department,
was
also
a
member
of
this
illustrious
group
of
piglets.
All
six
men
have
pleaded
guilty
to
the
bevy
of
federal
crimes
they
were
indicted
for
including,
conspiracy
against
rights,
obstructions
of
justice,
deprivation
of
rights
under
color
of
law,
discharge
of
a
firearm
under
a
crime
of
violence,
and
conspiracy
to
obstruct
justice.
The
details
of
this
malicious
attack
are
sordid
at
best,
you
can
read
more
about
them
HERE.
According
to
a
new
report
via
ABCNews,
residents
and
activists
in
Rankin
County
are
calling
for
Sheriff
Bryan
Bailey
to
resign
from
his
post
following
a
second
delay
in
the
sentencing
of
the
aforementioned
“Goon
Squad”.
The
Rankin
NAACP
and
a
group
called
the
Local
Organizing
Committee
(LOC)
stood
tall
at
a
Monday,
Jan.
15
press
conference
held
to
publicly
state
their
demands
for
Bailey’s
removal
and
expedient
sentencing
for
the
six
bacon
boys.
“If
our
leadership
is
not
in
order,
the
system
cannot
be
in
order,”
said
Tasha
Parker
co-chair
of
the
Local
Organizing
Committee,
a
local
activist
organization.
LOC
chairman
Kareem
Mohamed
stated
that
if
these
demands
are
not
met,
then
he
and
his
members
are
prepared
to
employ
economic
protest
tactics
to
force
the
county’s
hand.
“If
this
continues
on,
we
will
begin
to
shut
these
doors
down,”
Mohammed
said,
“We
will
not
spend
our
money
where
people
do
not
care.”
All
the
power,
to
all
the
people.
