Six Mississippi Goon Squad cops are sentenced on state charges for torturing two black men - including officer who shot victim in the mouth as jail time is DOUBLED

The racist police officer who shot a black man in the mouth during a torture session with his 'Goon Squad' colleagues has had his jail term more than doubled as all six were sentenced on state charges today.

The rogue collective subjected Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker to nearly two hours of beating, waterboarding, sexual assault and electrocution after bursting into a Mississippi home in January 2023.

The group had already been sentenced to between 10 and 40 years on federal charges and four of them saw their jail time increase today, including Deputy Hunter Elward who will now serve 45 years instead of 20.

Jenkins, who was shot in the mouth by Elward, 31, said the officers had 'tried to take my manhood from me'. 

'They did some unimaginable things to me and the effects will last on my life forever,' he added.

Hunter Elward, a former Rankin County Sheriff's Deputy was handed a 45 year sentence to run concurrently with his 20-year federal sentence after shooting Michael Jenkins in the mouth during a botched mock execution 

Michael Corey Jenkins, left, and Eddie Terrell Parker, foreground, were in court on Wednesday

Former Rankin County Sheriff's Deputy Daniel Opdyke looked at his family after having his prison time increased from 17.5 to 20 years 

The officers, five of whom worked for the Rankin County sheriff's office smashed their way into a home in Braxton without a warrant after a neighbor complained that two black men were staying there with a white woman and acting 'suspiciously'.

At least three of them were members of a self-styled 'Goon Squad', committed to using excessive force against members of the public.

An earlier hearing was told that Officer Jeffrey Middleton branded Rankin County Sheriff's Department emblems with the words 'Goon Squad', a Confederate flag and a noose.

Elward who had previously been accused of beating a mentally ill black man to death in 2021, shot Jenkins in a 'mock execution' after putting a gun in his mouth.

With their victim bleeding on the ground the officers devised a coverup that included planting drugs and a gun.

The Rankin County Sheriff's Department then supported the deputies' false charges, which stood against Jenkins and Parker for months.

'Me and Eddie in this event were called racist names. We were called n***er, we were called monkey, we were called boy, and we were accused of dating white women,' Jenkins said ahead of sentencing in a statement read by his attorney.

'After Hunter Elward shot me, they left me to die bleeding on the floor. And they tried to set me up to be in prison.

'Your honor, they killed me. I just didn't die.'

The officers charged in relation to the assault of Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker were (Top L-R) Brett McAlpin, Jeffrey Middleton, Christian Dedmon. (Bottom L-R) Hunter Elward, Daniel Opdyke, Joshua Hartfield

Members of the Rankin County 'Goon Squad' of law enforcement officers carried a coin to show that they were part of the sick group. Pictured: Lt Middleton's coin

Michael Corey Jenkins in hospital after being shot in the mouth during the assault 

Each of the former officers, who were shackled and dressed in prison garb, took their turn in front Circuit Court Judge Steve Ratcliff on Wednesday at a courthouse in Brandon across the street from a Confederate monument.

Each of the men admitted charges of conspiracy to commit obstruction of justice.

Christian Dedmon, 29, was also charged with home invasion, and Elward was also charged with home invasion and aggravated assault.

Brett McAlpin, 53, Middleton, 46, Daniel Opdyke, 28, and Joshua Hartfield, 32, all faced an additional charge of first-degree obstruction of justice.

Their two victims have filed a $400 million federal lawsuit, and the Rankin County NAACP said the officers' behavior threw other convictions into doubt.

'This chapter of the book has been written, but the book is not finished, said President Angela English on Wednesday.

'We have spoken with the Department of Justice. We have reiterated that we want a clean sweep.

'We want them to go throughout the Rankin County Sheriff's Department and we want them to clean house.

'We want them to go into the jails and reopen all of these cases that these lawless officers have created.'

Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch said the case had jeopardized community relations and confidence in law enforcement.

'The actions of these six men did grave harm to these two victims, Michael Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker, and violated the trust of all the citizens they swore to protect,' she said after the sentencing.

'These former officers also violated the trust of the other men and women who honorably wear the uniform - every one of whom will feel the repercussions of the mistrust they sowed between law enforcement and the people.

'These criminal acts make a difficult job even harder and far more dangerous. And it is left to us all to commit ourselves to repairing that damage.'