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Hunter Elward, a former police officer from Rankin County, Mississippi, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for his role in the torture and sexual assault of two Black men. This sentencing marks the first in a group of ex-officers involved in the heinous attack that occurred in 2023.
Elward, along with five other white officers known as the "Goon Squad," engaged in the brutal assault on the victims, during which one of them was shot. Elward pleaded guilty to the shooting last summer. The remaining five. . .
