Officials in Rankin County, Mississippi, have agreed to a $2.5 million settlement with Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker, the two Black men who were tortured in their home by a group of white sheriff’s deputies infamously known as the “Goon Squad,” the Associated Press reports.
Jason Dare, the lawyer for Rankin County Sheriff’s Department, said $2 million will be paid out by the county’s insurance and the rest will be taken out of the local police budget.
“This settlement is one of the largest excessive force payouts in Mississippi history,” said Trent Walker, the attorney for Jenkins and Parker. “But no amount of money can undo the trauma they endured.”…