Note: This post was originally posted yesterday at 7:10 PM. JJ only posted the lawsuit. The post has been "bumped" to include coverage of the lawsuit.
"The good does not always triumph. Sometimes the dark side overcomes what Lincoln called the better angels of our nature." General Gorman in Apocalypse Now.
Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Parker sued Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey and Rankin County Deputies Brett McAlpin, Hunter Elward, Christian Demond, and several John Doe deputies in U.S. District Court today for Section 1983 violations such as the use of excessive force and depriving the plaintiffs of their civil rights. The lawsuit accuses the deputies of torturing them as well as shooting one man in the mouth while they were handcuffed. The complaint seeks $400 million in damages.
The complaint states six Rankin County deputies raided the home at 135 Conerly Road in Braxton on January 24, 2023 between 9:30 and 10:00 PM where Eddie Parker and Michael Jenkins lived. The plaintiffs claim the deputies did not have a search warrant when they "forcibly" entered the home. The complaint identifies Brett McAplin, Christian Dedmon, and Hunter Elward as three of the deputies. It names the others as "John Does." The deputies are white while the plaintiffs are black.
The home was no stranger to Rankin deputies as it earned the reputation of a "drug house." The residence has been the scene of murder, domestic violence, and various drug offenses over the years. Earlier post.
The deputies allegedly deactivated their body cameras and spirited away the home's video recording equipment. What took place after the deputies arrived was nothing less than a night of torture for Jenkins and Perkins. The complaint alleges the deputies accused the two black men of dating "white women." The law enforcement officers handcuffed the two men before allegedly slapping, punching, and kicking them.Verbal abuse accompanied the physical abuse as the deputies repeatedly called Jenkins and Parker the "n" word and said they were a member of a particular primate species. The torture session allegedly lasted for nearly two hours.
Not satisfied with using their hands and feet to abuse Parker and Jenkins, the deputies moved on to using 21st century torture techniques, McAlpin, Dedmon, and other deputies repeatedly fired tasers 20-30 times into Jenkins and Parker. The complaint said the deputies participated in a "sadistic contest" to see which taser worked the best on the two men.
Bored with the tasing, the deputies allegedly moved on to the CIA's favorite torture trick: waterboarding but with a Rankin County twist: they used milk. Unfortunately for Jenkins and Parker, the worst was yet to come.
The complaint alleges the deputies tried to force a dildo into the mouths of the plaintiffs but were unsuccessful. Beaten but not broken, they turned Jenkins over so they could insert the dildo from behind but found the victim had crapped on himself. Unable to rape the men with the dildo, the deputies threw eggs at the captive men. Some type of light bulb must have went off somewhere in someone's head because the deputies realized they might have gone too far and allegedly forced Parker and Jenkins to "strip naked and shower together" in an attempt to clean up the evidence of the law enforcement misdeeds. Unfortunately for the two Braxton residents, the worst was yet to come. The complaint charges:
53. At the crescendo of this nearly two-hour torture session, on January 24, 2023, at around 11:40 p.m., Plaintiffs allege that RANKIN COUNTY deputy Hunter Elward shoved his service weapon inside Michael Jenkins's mouth while he was handcuffed.
54. Rankin deputy HUNTER ELWARD spoke angrily to MICHAEL JENKINS, and then ELWARD shot JENKINS
inside his mouth.55. ELWARD, under the color of law, intentionally shot handcuffed MICHAEL COREY JENKINS in the
mouth, almost killing him.56. RANKIN COUNTY Deputies MC’ALPIN, DEDMON, and DEPUTIES JOHN DOE’S 1-3 conspired, aided, and abetted ELWARD in shooting MICHAEL JENKINS inside his mouth.
57. ELWARD’s gunshot inside JENKINS mouth shattered JENKINS’ jaw and severely lacerated his tongue. Several of Michael's arteries were severely damaged, and he almost died.
No deputies intervened nor tried to leave during the entire episode. No deputies tried to provide medical care to Jenkins after he was shot. He did not receive medical care until EMT's took him to UMMC. The complaint describes Jenkins' injuries:
Unfortunately, JENKINS has suffered permanent physical injuries, permanent cognitive damage, long-term psychological damage, permanent disfigurement, and impairment. One side of JENKINS face suffers permanent nerve damage and numbness. PARKER has suffered. Eddie Parker suffered injuries from his mistreatment and sought prompt medical attention.The defendants allegedly tried to cover up their misdeeds as they filed a phony affidavit of criminal charges against the defendant the next day. They claim Jenkins pointed a gun at Elward. A January 25 MBI press release stated:
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred on January 24th, 2023, at approximately 11:45 p.m. near 135 Conerly Road in Braxton, Mississippi.The plaintiffs state they never possessed any weapons.
Rankin County Sheriff’s Department deputies were conducting a narcotics investigation when they encountered a subject that displayed a gun towards the deputies. The subject was transported to a nearby hospital. The officers received no injuries.
MBI is currently assessing this critical incident and gathering evidence. Upon completing the investigation, agents will share their findings with the Attorney General’s Office.
The plaintiffs charge the defendants with 13 counts. The counts are posted below (The defendants are the deputies unless otherwise stated.):
* Depriving plaintiffs of civil rights with excessive force under Section 1983.
* Deprivation of civil rights under Section 1983.
* Deprivation of civil rights under Section 1983 through excessive use of taser
* Deprivation of civil rights under Section 1983 through physical assaults
* Unreasonable seizure, excessive force through waterboarding
* Sexual assault, excessive force, unreasonable seizure
* Excessive force: threats to kill
* Violation of the Equal Protection Clause on the basis of race.
* Failure to intervene
* Failure to train, supervise, and discipline- Sheriff Bryan Bailey.
* Municipal liability for unconstitutional practices - Rankin County
* False imprisonment
* Assault and battery
* Intentional infliction of emotional distress.
The attorneys for Jenkins and Parker are Trent Walker of Jackson and Malik Shabazz of Texas. The case is assigned to U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate.
Note: The complaint makes several references to another lawsuit involving the Rankin County Sheriff, Barrett v. Pelahatchie, et al. JJ reported in 2019:
Rankin County deputies shot a man who pointed a firearm at a law enforcement officer today in Pelahatchie. Police Chief Joe Daughtry said police responded to a call reporting shots fired. The standoff lasted for over an hour. Tear gas was eventually used in the house, forcing the suspect to emerge. Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey said the suspect pointed a firearm at a law enforcement officer. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation will investigate the shooting. Chief Daughtry and Sheriff Bailey provided more information at a brief press conference. Earlier post.
Pierre Wood's estate and children sued Pelahatchie, Rankin County, Pelahatchie Police Chief Joseph Daughtery, Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey, and several Rankin County deputies, including Dedmon and Elward.
The plaintiffs claim Woods threw his gun to the ground upon exiting the home. The police allegedly shot him to death even though he was unarmed. Sheriff Bailey and other deputies claimed they only fired upon Woods when he was in the home and armed as they argued they were protected by qualified immunity. However, Judge Wingate said a video of the shooting overcame their presumption of immunity. The defendants appealed to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Kingfish note: MBI is investigating the case and will forward its findings to the Attorney General. If these allegations are true, and the Kingfish has heard rumblings in the law enforcement community a good portion of them are indeed true, throw the book at them. JJ confirmed the cameras were indeed turned off during the night in question. If the deputies turned off their cameras, that's on them and they deserve whatever comes their way. Those cameras are there for a reason. Although the complaint is just one side of the case, no citizen should have to suffer what those two men endured that night and that, my friends, is the bottom line.
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“We can march throughout the state of Mississippi, triumph hate. We need to create a day where we get people from all around the United States to come to Mississippi and triumph hate. Because right now we have white men and women sitting around plotting on all Black people,” … https://www.wjtv.com/news/local-news/rankin-county-meeting-focuses-on-alleged-police-brutality/
Racial slurs, waterboarding, and dildos. Sounds like a normal Rankin county Saturday night.
I hope they win. This arrest was screwy
Fellow Rankin County Taxpayers, we now get to pay to defend this action and if found guilty we get to fund that payment. Wonder which of the renowned barristers the board of supervisors will bless with this train car of money for defense?
I had dozens of clients over the last 18 years make similar claims about these same officers and others. Not too many sympathetic ears when bad things happen to “bad” people.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malik_Zulu_Shabazz
Sounds like he’s really out for Justice and not simply wanting to glorify another George Floyd inicident
Hmm…he instructed the deputies to show up in the first place?? That would answer some questions and on what grounds ?
If the Sheriffs Dept attorney knew of these constitutional rights violations (and previous incidents) and various other crimes within the Dept why did he not report ? Be interesting to see what else comes to light?
Clearly they did what they did , now how much is this gonna cost the county? Also does the county insurance pay whatever is settled upon? Or tell the county good luck !
Those 6 deputies are gonna give up the goods, no telling how far this will go back!
The Caucasians and the government are arrogant, telling us how to suffer. America should be glad that every black man is not on a killing spree for all the suffering they have done."
— Speech at the African Black Holocaust Nationhood Conference in Washington, D.C., 1995 Malik Shabazz
BOS needs to figure out how to hit the reset button on the SO! This is gonna be expensive!
Bodycams are so much cheaper than lawsuits. All LEOs need bodycams on for their entire shift.
The county has sovereign immunity and is limited in what they can be liable for. Not sure if the officers involved enjoy the same protection especially if they were operating outside of what's considered SOP. So one side of this is the money side but more importantly, if this is their normal tactic then hopefully this will wake folks up enough to demand some reform. I don't keep up as closely as I guess I should in following Rankin County law enforcement but by reading this, it appears they have something of a history. $400mm seems a bit extravagant but I know they normally shoot the moon and will settle for much less. Will be interesting to follow.
Of course NOTHING is said in the opening remarks about what the hell this stems from or what's being sought from whom or why?
That includes the responses. The casual reader gains no information regarding what this is about.
Pausing now for 'read the damned lawsuit'!
Why does Rankin SO carry dildos? Is that standard equipment?
@11:42 If they want to reset it they need to make sure nobody involved with MHP has any input or anyone hired has prior employment with MHP.
Making the taxpayers pay for these crimes isn’t right and it isn’t teaching the police anything. We need corporal punishment in cases like this so officers have some skin on the line. Line them all up in the town square, put them in stocks, and provide dildos and tasers for the black citizens of Rankin to get some payback. It’s only fair and might finally teach some accountability to these thugs.
Not to worry guys, as bad as this sounds, the police investigated themselves and found no wrongdoing. We can all sleep a little easier knowing these heroes are out there to protect and serve us.
Sounds like a dramatically concocted Sinaloa Cartel styled hoax. Did they leave out the episode of pissing on their prisoners before electrocuting them?
If even a fraction of those accusations are true, the RCSO needs to clean house.
I am white, I live in Rankin and this is disgusting.
I have no problem calling this behavior reprehensible.
I wish ALL races would agree to that simple fact, and stop refusing to admit wrong is wrong and protecting people who look similar...skin tone be damned.
The biggest question in this particular shooting is who sent the deputies!? The 6 of them didn’t just decide to go to that house out of thin air.
I’m betting the IQ level in Rankin County’s at a level high enough that we won’t hear much at all about defunding or abolishing the police.
If officers used water boarding dildos etc then they’re PIGs and should be dealt with. But Rankin County’s not dumb enough to throw the baby out with the bath water.
Some folks need that DEI course.
Rankin SO is up to date on interviewing suspects by using Enhanced Interrogation Techniques (EIT) (waterboarding). CIA trained? Maybe this was a CIA op.
They better enjoy their freedom while they can, Bubba hadn't charged them but the feds will.
7:18
As Brandon PD has found out! Who hired him??!
I hope they lose and move to Chicago.
Even more unbelievable that all six would just 'show up', is the suggestion that all six stood around participating with none objecting.
If half of that is true, this LEO culture is more of a brotherhood than I suspected.
I know Madison S.O. is a bunch of wagon-circling yahoo-cowboys, but...DAYUM!
Wonder whether they will take $400 million?
Dildos carrying dildos -- who would've expected that?
I am white as rice, and knowing what I know about R.C.S.O., I do not doubt this for 1 second.
One good thing is that several years ago, a certain questionable constable just quit one day and moved away. Something to do with moonshine operations, or so I was informed.
MBI handled the case. MBI sends it to the AG. Rankin-Madison DA won't be touching this one.
This one will be interesting to watch proceed to see if the provable facts align with the allegations. The plaintiffs might want to consider finding counsel more well versed in 5th Circuit 1983 law because this case won't see a jury in Jackson without a roundtrip through 600 Camp Street.
Any chance this Dedmon deputy is related to the young Dedmon fool who was convicted of a hate crime for hit and run murder in Jackson a few years ago?
Performative BS. This case settles for less than $100k if the defense lawyers don't want to fight it all the way. Bringing claims for $400 million is just a joke and another reason the public has lost faith in the legal profession.
As 7:19 said, I don't want tax money spent defending these monsters.
Why would we defend these officers if the facts show they committed horrible crimes? I am all for supporting LEO when the facts are unclear.
But if they did even half of this, let them face the consequences or bankrupt their own damn families. Including whomever sent them to this home.
KF correct but add the Justice dept to that as well. When the term “color of law” gets thrown around , lookout!
10:16
I’ll take that bet and I’m LEO! You know a dude doesn’t have a gd tongue anymore right???
What is this water boarding claim about. When it first happened it was milk boarding.
Why aren’t they in Jail? This is a case in the millions over and above payable by insurance companies Rankin might have to pass a tax to cover the cost of this one. If I was one of the officers I would start selling/transferring property now, these guys will own it all before you know it. Free to date whites women and own a home in Taters neighborhood before you know it.
Man, you just know Carlos "the Clown" Moore is just kicking himself for not getting this case.
The sheriff and the deputies made bad decisions that night. Deputies turned off body cameras and you know the sheriff was called when the deputies shot that fool. They all dookied and panicked. Text messages and gps will all be used as evidence. They will all snitch on each other. I want to know all the admin that knew exactly what happened that night. You know group texts went out starting with the sheriff’s wife- lyin la’kristi, undersheriff, etc. kingdoms do crumble. Fed prison won’t be kind to LEO
How much would police have to pay you to waterboard, rape, tase, beat, and shoot you? Is your number lower than $400 million, mine isn’t. $400 million of white Rankin county citizens’ money will hopefully help these victims feel some sense of justice. Hopefully they spend that money outside this shithole state and never look back.
Trent Walker is a joke. He left a client hanging by filing a notice of appeal and then did nothing at all when all he had to do was ask that she get appointed counsel. He doesn’t give a shit about anyone other than himself.
@11:34 - the cops are the law. Why would they arrest themselves? It’s a thin blue line and you are on either side of it. Those in the gang are untouchable by the law. Only street justice works on gangs.
What has happened to our police? They used to be respected, but now I guess we just know better. Every police officer in the state should be willing to turn in their fellow gang members when they rape, assault, and murder and yet the “good ones” never do. Police department are rotten from the inside out, drunk off their unlimited power. We have to be able to hold bad police officers accountable and that starts with the good cops, if any are left out there.
These boys will find out that they don’t use dildos. It’s either the real thing or a broomstick.
There will be arrest made in July. The deputies that molested, shocked and shot him will get 30 years.
$400 million divided by the rankin county population of 158,000 will come out to about $2500 per each citizen. It would be fitting to see these men get their payments from all those who funded these terrorists. Until Rankin county learns to respect people no matter the color of their skin, they really don’t need to spend money on anything else anyway so they should be good for a couple more decades.
Can you imagine the response if black man handcuffed white police officers, stripped them naked, raped, beat, and shot them? They’d be strung up by the weekend. I guess racism isn’t a thing of the past like we keep getting told.
I won't believe this gangstah gibberish story unless two of the accused separately cop a plea and their independently obtained stories/confessions corroborate charges in the lawsuit.
12:58 PM - You don't have to imagine it. The BLM riots had plenty of LEO assaults and shootings. As for stripping naked and raping, it didn't happen according to the documentation.
Once they figure out that they ain’t getting away with it they will want to cop a plea. Someone has to go to jail. If they stick together it’s probably all of them. Guys who roll like this usually look out for themselves first.
" $400 million of white Rankin County citizens’ money will hopefully help these victims feel some sense of justice.
Whoa....Do you think black Rankin County citizens don't pay taxes?
Did NO ONE else catch the local news coverage on all three newto over the weekend? "Rankin County meeting focusing alleged police brutality" townhall where it was stated there are dozens of racist organizations in the state all of whom are occupied by law enforcement.
One article included this outrageous statement: “We can march throughout the state of Mississippi, triumph hate. We need to create a day where we get people from all around the United States to come to Mississippi and triumph hate. Because right now we have white men and women sitting around plotting on all Black people,” ...
This is inflammatory and outrageous.
"We have to be able to hold bad police officers accountable and that starts with the good cops, if any are left out there."
You mean like the one we buried in Madison last week?
This seems more like an inside hit than just a raid. Wondering if the deputies weren’t paid off for a deal and retaliated? Definitely the worst case of civil rights violations I have ever heard.
If this is true, then this sounds more like someone didn’t get their cut/share rather than RCSO just randomly messing with people (tin foil hat time). Well over 20 years ago I used to get randomly harassed by RCSO and Flohood PD, pulled over, searched and vehicle searched for drugs, weapons, and who I knew and where I was coming from/going.
@12:09 Speak for yourself. I’d take a beating, tasing, milk boarding and dildoing for a cool 1 mill. Hell maybe even less now that I think about it.
Cue “taking the inmates to church” post
@1:48 - maybe he was a good guy, maybe he wasn’t. I don’t know and neither do you. Even if he wasn’t a good guy, it doesn’t mean he deserved to be harmed, just like the victims in this case.
Jenkins and Parker are like wrist watches - they take a lickin' and keep on tickin'.
These 3 cops have zero integrity. Each must be soulless or no conscience to taser someone 20-30 times. I just don’t see them doing well in federal prison. Such an embarrassment on Rankin county.
They were probably guilty of something.
Jane @ 12:09....Well said!!
Guilty until proven innocent. Gotcha.
By the time the charges drop some will have already made plea deals. I would be trying to make a deal with the feds. Parchman or any state prison and they will get some of the same treatment they gave these guys. In federal they could be given some protection.
These guys were Pikes in college it sounds like.
KF, I am in no way defending any action here by anybody, but your closing statement, (where you try to emulate your favorite TV Newscaster) you contridict yourself in the same sentence.
"Although the complaint is just one side of the case, no citizen should have to suffer what those two men endured that night and that, my friends, is the bottom line."
If the complaint is one side of the case, how do you defend your conviction with your accepting that these two men endured that one side?
Been following closely , interesting how this was kept so quiet prior to (county) election qualification deadline 🤔
One S.O. admin has aged quite a bit in a few months !
@12:57 - the officers statements don’t match up with the evidence. There is a report somewhere that shows how many times these officers fired their tasers over the 2 hour time period. That blows a hole in the official narrative they came up with. Clearly they at a minimum tased these guys multiple times for hours and shot one of them in the mouth after the tasing. Since they lied about that, it doesn’t really matter what else they say since they are proven liars.
Who shot him?
5:55
Deputy Elward
Imagine, if you will (that's my best Rod Serling voice), a deputy so enraged by a seated, handcuffed prisoner, that he put a pistol in the mouth of the prisoner and pulled the trigger.
Would be interesting to learn this deputy's background and whether and where he served in the military and whether he was a guard in a prisoner camp that allowed waterboarding and such.
If even a third of this shit is true, these badge-wearing goons are worse than kids that set dogs on fire and people who set fire to occupied houses and stand in the street watching them burn.
I'm white and as conservative as you'll find.
Is this the same cowards that completely blew down the front of a house, because they were afraid of throwing a flash bomb through a window? There is too much un-checked power for my liking, where is common sense? Take their damn pensions.
Is this the same cowards that completly blew down the front of a house (with a little help from friends)? Throw a flash bomb in the window and go in tough guy. If they did half of this take their pensions an lock them up. There is enough un-checked power in DC. Skin color be damned.
ok. email me.
roll back the clock some years and the beating Tim Johnson took by a now US Marshall that was formally in RCSO will come up. That man was, “promoted,” to the marshalls from rcso after that incident.
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