for more we are joined by michael corey jenkins and eddie terrell parker as well as malik shabazz, civilhts attorney with black lawyers for justice who is representing them. we welcome you all to democracy now! malik, can you talk about how this case was exposed? how we saw these officers charged and what you understand about the background? this not being the first vicious attack. >> thank you for having us. i want to say before we get started, that michael and eddie will only be speaking -- they cannot speak about the specific details of what happened in the house that night, but they can talk about their reactions to the guilty verdicts and to their pain-and-suffering. michael is suffering because half of his face is numb. we have sentencing coming up so we are under sensitive legal guidelines, but we are happy to be on with such a progressive audience. this case was brought to light through the determination of black lawyers for justice, myself as the attorney for michael jenkins and eddie parker, and mississippi counsel trent walker. from early january, we have advocated strongly an

malik shabazz, a lawyer for the two survivors, said the guilty pleas were "historic for justice againstue police torture and police brutality" and that all the defendants should expect to be sentenced to time behind bars. meanwhile in louisiana, an ex-trooper was acquitted of violating the civil rights of black motorist aaron larry bowman. former trooper jacob brown struck bowman at least 18 times, as he was pinned to the ground, and repeatedly said "i am not resisting." florida governor ron desantis is drawing fire for his increasingly violent rhetoric on the campaign trail as he seeks the republican party's nomination for president. on sunday, desantis told a crowd at a new hampshire campaign event that members of mexican drug cartels at the u.s.-mexico border would be "shot stone cold dead." the governor also said this about members of the federal bureaucracy. >> we are going to have all of these people, we are going to start slitting throats on day 1. amy: on thursday, the union representing men's professional basketball players sounded the alarm over a $50,000 donation made by the

malik shabazz told cnn he believes rank and county sheriff condoned the actions of the officers overhe years. cnn's ryan young reports. >> they became the criminals they swore to protect us from. >> reporter: they allegedly call themselves the goon squad, six white law enforcement officers giving themselves that moniker, because of their alleged willingness to use excessive force and not to report. they've pleaded guilty to federal charges relating to an assault that according to a document included two hours of torture of two black men after a white anybody complained. several black males have been staying at the property and the neighbor had observed suspicious behavior. the officer who received the complaint directed an investigator to take care of it. on january 24th six law enforcement officers entered victims eddie parker and michael jiggle's home without a 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 pou