Man says he was shot in face, waterboarded by Mississippi deputies as FBI launches probe
The FBI is investigating the arrests two Black men by Rankin County Sheriff's deputies in Mississippi as civil rights activists call for justice for Michael Jenkins.
lawandcrime.com
At a news conference on Wednesday, civil rights attorney Malik Shabazz said six white deputies raided the home without warning or warrants. They forced their way in and immediately subdued and handcuffed the men, he said.
Next was a 90-minute “intimidation and torture session,” where he said excessive force was used gratuitously on the handcuffed men.
He said deputies repeatedly punched, kicked and shocked them with Tasers before waterboarding them. He said racial slurs were used. Deputies repeatedly pointed guns at their heads and threatened to kill them, he said.
He said they were put on their backs and had “milk, alcohol, whatever could be found in the house” poured on their faces to “try to make the men believe that they were somehow drowning … to try to elicit some kind of confession,” Shabazz said.
He said at the end of it, while still in handcuffs, Jenkins had a gun placed in his mouth by a Rankin County deputy, and the trigger was pulled. A bullet went into his mouth and out of his ear.
Miraculously Jenkins survived after life-saving surgeries to repair ruptured arteries.
