michael is their property. amy: that is mary jenkins, michael corey jenkins' mother will stop malik shabazz, will michael corey ns and eddie terrell parker also civilly sue for not only personally these men but, clearly, one of the things their lawyers argued, the lawyers for the sheriff's deputies and the officers, is that there was this permissive atmosphere that allowed them to operate in this way. will they be suing the state or the city? >> we are suing rankin county and its board of supervisors and sheriff bailey who was supposed to be running a department that is supervised and monitored its officers. unfortunately, during the sentencing hearing, it came out that the chief investigative officer, similar to internal affairs, the criminals ran the department in rankin and that is why they are facing a very large civil judgment and civil trial in this case. this is a pattern and practice of the rankin county police department to routinely ignore constitutional rights violations. i want to say one thing and then i want to hear from the mississippi attorney trent walker who is with me. eddie terrell parker ga

they shouted racial slurs, physically and sexually assaulted their victims, michael corey jenkins and eddie parker, and planted fake evidence on them. all six entered guilty pleas in august. the two victims survived, but the torture that night culminated with elward shooting jenkins in the mouth. >> this scar will never go away. >> reporter: jenkins is still in pain, but today, he feels safer with elward off the street >> i feel somewhat safer, like the sun is coming out >> reporter: for many in mississippi, the case is reminiscent of a frightening racist past >> goon squad, your day has come. >> reporter: today in court, elward addressed the men directly, saying, "i am so sorry for what i did. >> i forgive that boy. but other than that, he still did, you know what i'm saying? >> reporter: the other four officers will be sentenced later this week meanwhile, the local district attorney is now reviewing cases involving the goon squad. but that process can take months or even years. antonia hylton, nbc news, new york >>> in nashville, the mystery is only deepening over the disappearance

a total of six officers have admitted to beating, handcuffing, waterboarding, and tasering michael corey jenkinsnd eddie terrell parker inside a home in a majority white county outside of jackson , mississippi. two other members of the goon squad were sentenced on tuesday. "the wall street journal" is reporting the u.s. justice department and lawyers for julian assange have had preliminary discussions about a possible plea deal. however, assange's legal team says they have been given no indication that the justice department intends to resolve the case. julian assange has been held in london's belmarsh prison since 2019 awaiting possible extradition to the united states where he faces up to 175 years in prison for publishing classified documents exposing u.s. war crimes. in a surprise move, ireland's leader prime minister leo varadkar announced wednesday he is resigning, stating simply "the time has come to pass on the baton." >> speculation as to the "real reason" for my decision, these are the real reasons. that's it. i have nothing else lined up. i have nothing -- i have no personal or politi

the six men burst into a home and then beat, handcuffed, waterboarded, and tasered michael corey jenkinsd eddie terrell parker. the officers also sexually abused them with a sex toy while shouting racial slurs. one of the officers put a gun in jenkins' mouth for a mock execution and pulled the trigger. the bullet lacerated jenkins's tongue, broke his jaw, and exited through his neck. the officers then planted drugs at the scene in an attempt to cover up their act. one of the officers was also sentenced for his role in separate assault just two weeks earlier when another member of the goon squad repeatedly tased a man and pressed his pinnacles into the man -- genitals into the man's mouth. and in a touching speech on the arizona state senate floor tuesday, democrat eva burch shared she plans to obtain an abortion after receiving news her pregnancy is nonviable. the first-term lawmaker spoke about her struggles with fertility and a miscarriage she had over a decade ago. >> two years ago while i was campaigning for this senate seat, i became pregnant with what we later determined was a nonv

sheriff's deputy self-described member of the goon squad, he admitted to subjecting two black men, michael corey jenkins 2023. it's coming after the 46-year-old leader of the so-called goon squad jeffrey middleton got a 17.5 year prison sentence yesterday afternoon and a fourth officer set to be sentenced in the next couple of hours. nbc's antonia hylton is following this story for us and is joining on set. this story is so incredibly troubling. walk me through kind of the sentencing that we have been seeing so far. . >> well, we're about halfway through, and so far what we're seeing is about 17 to 20 years behind bars for these guys. and you know, horror, disgusting, these words, they l are struggle to capture the reality of this case here. these officers entered a home without a warrant and proceeded to torture these two men for hours, using everything from food and weapons to a sex toy at one point. one of the victims was shot in the mouth. and so, you know, as you can understand, being in the courtroom. the court has been packed. it's incredibly emotional on all sides. today, daniel updike was cryin