[1] The six officers, who referred to themselves as the "Goon Squad", entered the house without a warrant, then proceeded to torture Jenkins and Parker over the course of the next hour and a half.
The torture included Jenkins being shot in the mouth by Hunter Elward, shattering his jaw, Parker being sexually assaulted by Daniel Opdyke, and threats of rape.
[3] Five Rankin County Sheriff's deputies and a Richland Police officer, who referred to themselves as the "Goon Squad", were involved.
In 2019, Elward and Dedmon were involved in the fatal shooting of Pierre Woods who police said pointed a gun at them, though a complaint claimed he had dropped it by the time he was shot.
[6] In 2021, Elward and another deputy were involved in the fatal arrest of Damien Cameron who was tased multiple times, later becoming unresponsive and dying.
[11] The New York Times and Mississippi Today investigated a number of brutality accusations against the Rankin County Sheriff's Office since 2004, verifying 17 of them involving 22 victims with 20 deputies present at one or more incident.
[13] Following the arrest of the Goon Squad, Sheriff Bryan Bailey stated he was shocked to learn of the "horrendous crimes" committed by the deputies.
The homeowner, Kristi Walley, was a childhood friend of Parker, who had helped to care for her since she became paralyzed at the age of fifteen years.
[14] It was reported that McAlpin, who was described by the victim's lawyers as the "highest man in charge" received the call and texted the other officers.
The officers referred to the men with racial slurs and told them to "go back to Jackson or 'their side' of the Pearl River".
Elward held the two men down while Dedmon poured milk, alcohol, chocolate syrup, and cooking oil on them.
Dedmon, Elward, and Opdyke also pleaded guilty to three additional felonies, including deprivation of rights under color of law and discharge of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, in connection with a separate incident in December 2022, in which Dedmon "beat and tased a white man and fired a gun near his head to coerce a confession, while Elward and Opdyke failed to intervene.