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Local organizer reflects on the Mississippi officers who pleaded guilty in torturing two Black men

Published August 16, 2023 at 5:20 AM PDT

Cardell Wright, president of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, reflects on this week’s guilty plea by the six white former police officers who tortured two Black men.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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