"Mississippi Officers Sentenced for Torturing Black Men in Racially Motivated Case"

Daniel Opdyke, the third of six former Mississippi law enforcement officers involved in the torture of two Black men, was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison. The officers raided a home without a warrant, subjected the residents to racist vitriol, tased them, beat them, and shot one in the mouth, leaving him to bleed as they planted a gun on the victims and plotted their cover story. The FBI director described their acts as "atrocious" and "pure hell." Other defendants have also been sentenced, and additional disturbing cases involving the ex-officers have emerged.