Ex-Mississippi Cop Sentenced to 20 Years For Racist Torture of Two Black Men

Hunter Elward, a former Mississippi cop who was part of the self-described “Goon Squad” and pleaded guilty to torturing and sexually assaulting two Black men last year, was sentenced to spend 2o years behind bars on Tuesday.

Elward, 31, is the first of the six “Goon Squad” officers who pleaded guilty for the assault. He was slapped with a 241-month sentence by U.S. District Judge Tom Lee, the maximum permitted under federal guidelines.

Elward faced some of the nastiest allegations brought against the group of officers, having shot one victim in the mouth in a mock execution that went awry.

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