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Christian Dedmon, a former Rankin County Sheriff's Deputy and one of six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges, enters the Rankin County Circuit Court to listen to the victims' impact statements, prior to the state sentencing for his involvement in the 2023 racially motivated torture of two Black men, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Brandon, Miss. The judge gave the six former Mississippi law enforcement officers yearslong state sentences that were shorter than the amount of time in federal prison that they'd already received. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

6 former Mississippi law officers sentenced in state court for torture of 2 Black men

By Michael Goldberg - Associated Press

This combination of photos shows, from top left, former Rankin County sheriff's deputies Hunter Elward, Christian Dedmon, Brett McAlpin, Jeffrey Middleton, Daniel Opdyke and former Richland police officer Joshua Hartfield appearing at the Rankin County Circuit Court in Brandon, Miss., Aug. 14, 2023. Two Black men who were tortured for hours by the six Mississippi law enforcement officers in 2023 called Monday, March 18, 2024, for a federal judge to impose the strictest possible penalties at their sentencings this week. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Former Mississippi police officer gets about 10 years in prison for racist torture of 2 Black men

By Michael Goldberg and Emily Wagster Pettus - Associated Press

This combination of photos shows, from top left, former Rankin County sheriff's deputies Hunter Elward, Christian Dedmon, Brett McAlpin, Jeffrey Middleton, Daniel Opdyke and former Richland police officer Joshua Hartfield appearing at the Rankin County Circuit Court in Brandon, Miss., Aug. 14, 2023. Two Black men who were tortured for hours by the six Mississippi law enforcement officers in 2023 called Monday, March 18, 2024, for a federal judge to impose the strictest possible penalties at their sentencings this week. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

6 former Mississippi law officers to be sentenced for torture of 2 Black men

By Michael Goldberg - Associated Press

An anti-police brutality activist looks back at the entrance to the Rankin County Sheriff's Office in Brandon, Miss., Wednesday, July 5, 2023, as the group called for the termination and prosecution of Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey for running a law enforcement department that allegedly terrorizes and brutalizes minorities. Six white former law enforcement officers in Mississippi have pleaded guilty to a racist assault on Michael Corey Jenkins and his friend Eddie Terrell Parker, who are Black. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

How 6 Mississippi officers tried to cover up their torture of 2 Black men

By Michael Goldberg - Associated Press

Michael Corey Jenkins stands outside Taylor Hill Church in Braxton, Miss., March 18, 2023. Two Black men — one of whom was shot in the mouth by a law enforcement officer — will file a federal civil rights lawsuit against a Mississippi sheriff’s department alleging a pattern of deputies using excessive force against Black people. In a news release announcing the lawsuit, on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, attorneys for Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker said they would bring forward 22 claims of federal civil rights violations. (AP Photo/HG Biggs) **FILE**

Black man shot in the mouth by Mississippi deputy to file federal civil rights lawsuit

By Michael Goldberg - Associated Press