The ‘Goon Squad’ case yielded stiff sentences. Still, some Black Mississippians wonder how much has really changed

Beyond the courthouse, the hearings also set the stage for people across majority-Black greater Jackson to confront the case’s excruciating truths: from vestiges of slavery to the survivors’ haunting trauma, perpetrators’ often-agonized courtroom apologies and the grave question of how to push toward a more just future.

Story continues