White Deputies ‘Tortured’ Handcuffed Black Men, Shot One, Lawyers Allege Mississippi Court Document Alleges Racial Slurs, Waterboarding, Threats to Kill

RANKIN COUNTY, MS — Rankin County sheriff’s deputies “tortured” and subjected two Black men to “waterboarding techniques,” before shooting one of them in the mouth while he was in handcuffs, attorneys for the men alleged in a notice of claims they delivered to authorities February 15, 2023.

The document alleged that “six white sheriff’s deputies” raided a private residence where Michael Jenkins, 32, and Eddie Terrell Parker, 35, stayed at 135 Conerly Road in Braxton, Mississippi, “without warning or warrant” in what the Rankin County sheriff later called a narcotics investigation.

“Multiple suspects were taken into custody, and we contacted the Mississippi Bureau of Investigations to investigate the actions of our deputies,” Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey said in the statement. “We are fully cooperating with that ongoing investigation and will continue to do so.

“Rest assured, if any deputy or suspect involved in this incident is found to have broken the law, he will be held accountable in accordance with the law.”

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