let's begin with eddie parker. >> we want justice.want justice for everyone that has gone through this with rankin county. we want justice for the ones that are afraid to speak up, for those who can't speak up. we want something new and better to come out of this. amy: and michael jenkins? >> to make sure nobody never goes through this again. animals don't get treated like this. i have never seen an animal treated like this. amy: i just want to thank you, michael corey jenkins, and eddie terrell parker, for your bravery and coming forward and telling your stories and also want to thank malik shabazz, the civil rights attorney with black lawyers for justice. coming up, we go to detroit to talk to a woman who was falsely arrested and jailed while eight months pregnant due to faulty ai facial recognition technology. she is the first woman to be arrested for this. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we turn now to another shocking story, this one out of d

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. >> joining me now are eddie parker and michael jenkins, victims of the former officers. attorney, malik shebaz. gentlemen, i can't tell you how much even knowing what happened, even a sliver of what happened, has created such a sense of pain and deep sadness for anyone who hears about it. you almost wish that this story was a fiction or a movie. but it's real life, and it happened. i am wondering, when you are even sitting here today and having to relive, having to explain, having to discuss, what does that even feel like? knowing this never should have happened? >> it's almost surreal. it's almost -- it's been a long time coming. so long coming, waiting on this outcome, you know, for everything that we said happened. everything that we felt happen. it's still a surreal feeling. we dream -- a dream we still dream about. >> you must have trouble in the aftermath. there's been physical harm? >> yes. >> you were shot in the mouth, michael. >> yes, ma'am. >> you are still experiencing the physical injury, the pain, the emotional, the mental repercussions of all this. how are

. >> reporter: tonight, eddie parker and michael jenkins say justice can be served now that the six white mississippi law enforcement officers who beat them for nearly two hours have entered guilty pleas. >> finally gave up. i knew how it was to give up. it wasn't a surprise. survive. it was hoping i'll make it to the end. >> reporter: prosecutors in mississippi say the officers tortured, used racial slurs and sexually assaulted the two black men inside a braxton home last january. court documents reveal reveal the officers who called themselves the goon squad broke down the door, beat, tased and threatened to rape parker and jenkins while calling them the "n" word and monkeys as they accused the men of sleeping with white women. >> they came to do what they wanted to do which was tortue us. they came to do what they did. >> reporter: the five rankin county officers were joined by richland police officer joshua hartfield. the federal complaint says one officer put a gun in jenkins' mouth, pulled the trigger and nearly killed him. >> what did i do? are these, you know, really officers? you

prosecutors say michael jenkins and eddie parker were assaulted, jenkins also shot. authorities say that woman was one of the victim's childhood friends. >>> now to the climate crisis tonight, and a victory this evening for young americans fighting to make sure authorities do more to protect the next generation. a landmark victory for the group who sued kwlaming the state of montana failed to protect them from climate change. the plaintiffs aged 5 to 22 based their case on the state constitution. this decision means that officials will have to consider greenhouse gas emissions when issuing permits for oil, gas, and coal production. the state does plan to appeal. >>> when we come back on this busy monday night, the very close call tonight. a passenger jet and a cessna reportedly coming within about 100 feet of one another, as the jet was taking off, in a moment. okay everyone, our mission is complete balanced nutrition. together we provide nutrients to support immune, muscle, bone, and heart health. yaaay! woo hoo! ensure with 25 vitamins and minerals and ensure compl

on january 24th six law enforcement officers entered victims eddie parker and michael jiggle's home without warrant. >> handcuffing the victims behind their backs and using racial slurs and derogatory language when yelling at the victims, discharging a firearm in order to scare and intimidate the victims, holding them down and pouring cooking oil, milk, alcohol, and chocolate syrup on their faces and into their mouths. forcing them to painfully and involuntary ingest those liquids. striking one of the victims with objects including a metal sword, a piece of wood, and a wooden kitchen implement. kicking one of the victims in the ribs. tasing the victims dozens of times with department-issued tasers, and stealing personal belongings from the house. >> reporter: it ended with jenkins getting shot in the mouth, the bullet lacerating his tongue, breaking his jaw, and exiting out of his neck. for months there was a lot of doubt about the official account of what took place. the mississippi department of public safety releasing a statement the day after the incident saying only, the mississippi bu

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led into a mississippi courtroom monday to plead guilty to state charges related to assaulting eddie parkerd attempted sexual abuse and a coverup. >> i enjoyed the view seeing the shame, the walk of shame, the head down. i hope this is a lesson to everybody out there, justice will be served. >> count one aggravated assault. guilty or not guilty? >> guilty. >> reporter: the men admitted to calling themselves the goon squad, giving themselves that moniker because of their alleged willingness to use excessive force and not report their actions. on january 24th, the six officers entered the victim's hope without a warrant, handcuffed, repeatedly tased and attempted to sexually assault the two men after a white neighbor complained about suspicious activity at the home. it ended with jenkins getting shot in the mouth. >> they left him lying in a pool of blood, gathered on the porch of the house to discuss how to cover it up. >> reporter: in july i spoke to parker, jenkins and jenkins' mother, and cnn toured the home where the crimes occurred. >> it's hard to stay here knowing what happened here.

>> that was eddie parker and michael jenkins. they are upset.nd pulled the trigger. the gun wasn't off, lacerating his tongue. it's hard for him to talk. right now the men have pled guilty to federal charges. today the state charges will be charged again these men. they could spend the rest of their lives in jail. the sheriff who is a head of the sheriff's department says he doesn't plan to step down. he's calling this one of the worst things he's ever seen. but at this point we've been asking to see what happens in terms of the rest of the department and whether or not more charges could be coming. this is a terrible case. most people in law enforcement say they've never seen anything like this before. >> ryan young, keep us posted over the next couple of days. thank you for this reporting. a horrific story. kate? >>> coming up, a grand jury is back at it today in atlanta, georgia, and cnn has just learned that a former georgia state senator is inside the courthouse right now to offer her grand jury testimony in the trump election subversion ca

on january 24th, they ended eddie parker and michael jenkin's home. >> handcuffing the victims behind and intimidate the victims and holding them down and pouring cooking oil, milk, alcohol, and chocolate syrup on her faces and into their mouths. forcing them to painfully and involuntarily ingest those liquids. striking one of the victims with objects including a metal sword, a piece of wood, and a wooden kitchen implement. kicking one of the victims in the ribs, tasing the victims dozens times with department-issued tasers an stealing personal belong belongings from the house. >> jenkin was shot in the mouth and exiting out of his neck. for months there was doubt about the official account of what took place. the mississippi department of public safety releasing a statement the day after the incident saying only that the mississippi bureau of investigations is investigating an officer-involved shooting. in july i spoke to parker, jenkins and jenkins' mother. >> they started beating many he here. and tasing me, as you could see from the blood spots now. my blood spots there. >> report

two men who were attacked, eddie tyrell parker and michael korey jenkins told nbc news about the traumar. >> hurt, embarrassed, humiliated. >> this thing has taken over our life. we can't stop thinking about it. >> with me is paul butler, msnbc legal analyst, and former federal prosecutor. paul. jenkins still has difficulty talking because of his injuries. some of these officers actually called themselves the goon squad because they were willing to use excessive force. what's your reaction to what happened in court? >> you know, chris, one of the horrors of this case is how planned and practiced the abuse and the torture was. it's medieval torture, but the cops treated it almost like police work. they didn't want to get a search warrant, but they were worried about being spotted on the home security cameras so they planned a work around so they wouldn't be seen, and then they decided to beat up the guys, but not their faces because they didn't want the assault to be visible on the mug shots. and then these cops poured alcohol and chocolate syrup down the men's throats, but forced them t

cheyenne, parker giants were 2, nothing in the second inning when the braves tied it up. the big hit was eddieng other way with a shot to left? he ended up with a run-scoring and we're tied. >> issue is going make but giants took the lead back in the 4th, 2 on and 2 outs for tireless. try base a single is hard to left center field. michael conforto comes into score giants. take a 42 lead. but the giants bullpen failed again. they're up tyler rogers on the mound man on for is ariel who crushes it to straightaway center field. 441 feet out to the his 19th of the season and game winner giants lose 65. now lost 3 in a row and 8 of their last 10. they're sure hoping to avoid the sweep tomorrow in you know, orioles and a's hooking up on star wars night at the coliseum. darth vader stormtroopers roaming the field before the game and >> in keeping with the theme, both teams had some lasers. tonight is up one zip in the 4th. austin hays hits a rocket to left. it's so hard to get stuck in the foul pole. a spendlove leaflets. the ball from the never seen that before. orioles up to the one in the 6th alex

cheyenne, parker giants were 2, nothing in the second inning when the braves tied it up. the big hit was eddie rosario going other way with a shot to left? he ended up with a run-scoring double and we're tied. >> make it. but the giants took the lead back in the 4th 2 on and 2 outs for tireless. try base a single is hard to left center field. michael conforto comes into score giants. take a 42 lead. but the giants bullpen failed again. they're up tyler rogers on the mound man on for is ariel who crushes it to straightaway center field. 441 feet. to the his 19th of the season and the game winner giants lose 65. that now lost 3 in a row and 8 of their last 10. they're sure hoping to avoid the sweep tomorrow in atlanta. you know, orioles an a's hooking up on star wars night at the coliseum, darth vader stormtroopers roaming the field before the game and >> in keeping with the theme, both teams had some lasers. tonight is up one zip in the 4th. austin hays hits a rocket to left. it's so hard to get stuck in the foul pole. a spendlove leaflets. the ball from the never seen that before. 12 orioles u