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Third white Mississippi officer sentenced to 17.5 years after pleading guilty in torture of 2 Black men

March 20, 2024

Third white Mississippi officer sentenced to 17.5 years after pleading guilty in torture of 2 Black men

ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former Rankin County sheriff’s deputy Daniel Opdyke was sentenced to 17 1/2 years in prison during a hearing in federal court in Jackson, Mississippi on Wednesday for his role in torture of two Black men, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Opdyke is the third to be sentenced out […]

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Third of officers in an Ohio police department hit with civil rights and abuse charges

March 10, 2023

Third of officers in an Ohio police department hit with civil rights and abuse charges

Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office (EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio) — More than a third of the East Cleveland, Ohio, police department is now under indictment after prosecutors charged 11 more current and former members of the troubled law enforcement agency with public corruption and civil rights violations, alleging some of their abuse perpetrated on community residents was […]