All Cops Are Bastards

According to data from the National Deaths in Custody Program, this is the 25th Indigenous death in custody this year nationwide out of a total of 77 deaths in custody.

1/3 of deaths in custody have been exclusively from 3.8% of the Australian population.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/2840947

Thanks to Maeve@kbin.earth https://archive.is/BD7Ib

The terror began on Jan. 24, 2023, with a racist call for extrajudicial violence when a white person phoned Rankin County Deputy Brett McAlpin and complained that two Black men were staying with a white woman in Braxton. McAlpin told Deputy Christian Dedmon, who texted a group of white deputies so willing to use excessive force they called themselves “The Goon Squad.”

The group of six burst into a Rankin County home without a warrant and assaulted Jenkins and Parker with stun guns, a sex toy and other objects. Elward admitted to shoving a gun into Jenkins’ mouth and firing in a “mock execution” that went awry.

Once inside, they handcuffed Jenkins and his friend Parker and poured milk, alcohol and chocolate syrup over their faces. They forced them to strip naked and shower together to conceal the mess. They mocked the victims with racial slurs and shocked them with stun guns.

After Elward shot Jenkins in the mouth, they devised a coverup that included planting drugs and a gun. False charges stood against Jenkins and Parker for months.

cross-posted from: https://ibbit.at/post/65252

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