Mississippi's Rankin County deputies subjected Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker to a “torture session” in January before shooting Jenkins in the mouth, a lawsuit alleges.
Once inside, the Rankin County Sheriff’s Office deputies allegedly handcuffed two Black men and subjected them to a night of abuse. While Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker were subdued, the deputies beat them, hurled racist slurs and repeatedly used Tasers on the men, the federal lawsuit filed Monday by Jenkins and Parker states.
“I’ve never heard of such a conglomeration of violations and crimes and torts committed in one ordeal,” Malik Shabazz, Jenkins’s attorney, told The Washington Post. “It was hard for me to believe.” The deputies then forced the two men on their backs and waterboarded them with liquids found in Parker’s home, including milk, Shabazz said.
Around 11:40 p.m., roughly two hours after the deputies entered Parker’s home, Elward placed his gun inside Jenkins’s mouth and shot him, shattering his jaw and cutting his tongue, the lawsuit states.
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