A Black man who was shot in the mouth by a Mississippi sheriff's deputy and a second man have announced that they will file a federal civil rights lawsuit against a Mississippi sheriff’s department.
FILE - Michael Corey Jenkins stands outside Taylor Hill Church in Braxton, Miss., March 18, 2023. Two Black men one of whom was shot in the mouth by a law enforcement officer will file a federal civil rights lawsuit against a Mississippi sheriffs department alleging a pattern of deputies using excessive force against Black people.
“If there ever were a case where punitive damages needed to be levied against police officers, this is the case,” attorney Shabazz wrote in the release. “This incredible, nasty, violent ordeal exposes that Rankin County deputies and the Department have had a long pattern and practice of deadly excessive force and hate crimes against its African American citizens.”
Jenkins has said he didn’t know the name of the deputy who shot him. Parker, Shabazz and attorney Trent Walker claim it was Deputy Hunter Elward, based partly on a separate court document in which Elward swore that Jenkins had pointed a gun at him. In addition, Parker said he recognized Elward from online photos of the deputy.
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