Fourth ex-Mississippi ‘Goon Squad’ officer gets 40 years for torture of Black men

Christian Dedmon described by one victim as ‘the sickest’ of six former officers who pleaded guilty to torturing two Black men

A fourth former Mississippi sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced for his part in the racist torture of two Black men by a group of white officers who called themselves “the Goon Squad”. Christian Dedmon was sentenced on Wednesday to 40 years in federal prison, hours after Daniel Opdyke was sentenced to 17.5 years.

Dedmon, 29, did not look at the victims as he apologized and said he would never forgive himself for the pain he caused.